Meet our team. We are dedicated in assisting with all of your eye care needs.
Debbie Vince, Optometrist & Business owner
Debbie studied at City University in London, qualifying with Honours as an Optometrist and Optical Dispenser in 1995. Debbie has lived and worked as an optometrist in Tasmania since 1997, undertaking further study in Ocular Therapeutics and Behavioural Optometry. Debbie established VisualEyes Hobart in 2017. She enjoys seeing patients of all ages and has a particular interest in children’s vision. Debbie and her husband have two teenage sons. When not thinking about optometry and the business, Debbie loves to get out in the fresh Tasmanian air for a bushwalk.
Jeremy Ashdown, Optical Dispenser
Jeremy has spent 15+ years in the optical industry, working across everything from large corporate organisations to small boutique practices.
He enjoys getting to know each person and understanding their individual needs to help them get the most out of their glasses. He also loves the challenge of rescuing bent, broken and generally sad looking frames.
Outside of work, Jeremy enjoys quality time with his family, devouring books, learning new things, and winning Miss Universe competitions. He's known for his obsessive attention to detail and he writes his own bios too!
Shane Duggan, Optometrist
Shane trained and practised as an Optometrist in Ireland. Arriving in Tasmania in 2012 for a short adventure, he forgot to leave! Now Australian citizens, Shane, his wife and two children officially call Tasmania home, but his Irish accent remains unchanged. Shane is therapeutically endorsed and has an interest in all thing’s optometry, especially binocular vision, dry eye syndrome and diabetes. In his spare time Shane enjoys running, jiu jitsu, and beach swimming (a new wet suit has made this a more pleasurable activity!).
Debra Jackman, Optical Dispenser
Deb has been in the optical industry for 24 years; 21 of those years as a manager and as a qualified optical dispenser within both independent and corporate businesses. Deb’s passion is to provide great customer service and building respectful relationships with our patients. Deb’s love for fashion is a huge advantage providing our patients with an exceptional experience of choosing the perfect style of frame alongside customised lenses. In her free time Deb loves spending time with her family and friends, as well as gardening and exploring on road trips. She also loves to read a good novel.
Evan Vince, Trainee Optical Dispenser
Evan is Debbie’s son. He enjoys working with clients to pick out the perfect pair of spectacles and loves to get to know people better to understand their preferred style. Evan really enjoys the more technical aspects of the job and with his knowledge computers and software he is known as our “technical guru”. Outside of work, Evan enjoys photography and likes to build computers and research the ins and outs of the computing and tech world.
Make a booking to see one of our friendly team for spectacles, eye exams or visual therapy.
Lara Colling, Optical Dispenser & Visual Therapist
Lara is a qualified Optical Dispenser and Visual Therapist who has worked in Tasmania's eye care community since 2008. Now at VisualEyes, she works alongside behavioural optometrist Debbie Vince to deliver specialised vision care and therapy programs, and loves seeing her patients grow in skill and confidence.
Away from the clinic, Lara enjoys cooking, reading and spending time with her husband Martin, her two grown sons and Mildred and Clifford, the family's two self-appointed canine managers.