David Rostov

As chief financial officer, David Rostov is responsible for the finance and accounting team. He brings to Aurion Biotech more than 20 years of strategic financial management, a successful track record of scaling growth companies and deep expertise in M&A, private and public equity financings. Previously, David served as CFO at Donuts Inc., a provider of services for digital identity management, where his efforts resulted in accelerated year-over-year growth with high EBITDA profitability and a successful sale to a private equity firm.

David was also CFO at Avalara, which offers cloud-based software for transactional taxes, and at InfoSpace (Blucora), a publicly traded internet services company. He was responsible for increased efficiency, key acquisitions, and helped support dramatic annual revenue growth for both companies.

Previously, David was CEO of Lighthouse eDiscovery, a leading provider of information governance, compliance and e-discovery services to Fortune 500 companies and major law firms. David was part of the management team that launched drugstore.com, helped grow the business and took the company public. David has taken a personal interest in cause-related ophthalmology for many years. David holds an MBA and an MA in public policy from The University of Chicago and a BA from Oberlin College.