Background
Zarrella, Ronald L. was born in 1949 in Waterbury, CT.
Zarrella, Ronald L. was born in 1949 in Waterbury, CT.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1971. Student, New York University Graduate School Business, New York City.
With Bristol Myers Company, Esmark Corporation. Executive Bausch & Lomb Inc., 1985—1994. Vice president, Northern American Vehicle Sales General Motors Company, 1994—1998, executive vice president General Motors N. American, 1998—2001.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Bausch & Lomb Inc., Rochester, New York, 2001—2008, chairman emeritus, since 2008. Board director Avaya, Inc., FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), University Rochester Medical Center, New York.
Member of Rochester Institute of Technology, Communications for Economic Development, National Italian Foundation.