. for the municipality see aclens switzerland . ac lens type privately held industry contact lens & eyeglass retail founded 1995 headquarters columbus ohio key people peter clarkson ceo president philip dietrich cto brian frank marketing director robert drumm marketing manager products contact lenses & eyeglasses website aclens.com ac lens is a privately held company based in columbus ohio that sells contact lenses eyeglasses and vision care products online . contents 1 origin 2 recognition 3 see also 4 references 5 external links origin edit arlington contact lens service inc ac lens was formed in 1995 and launched in 1996 by dr. peter clarkson in the back of an optometrist s office on the campus of the ohio state university in columbus oh . 1 ac lens incorporated in the state of ohio in 1998 . in 2000 ac lens acquired i ohio llc in an exchange of private stock . 2 ac lens now operates various websites including usa and united kingdom based sites . dr. clarkson is a graduate of southampton university in the uk and the ohio state university college of medicine . on february 4 2004 the fairness to contact lens consumers act went into effect . this federal law requires that optical care providers release their patients prescriptions to them . ac lens was provided the opportunity to comment and suggest changes to the ftc on march 31 2004 . 3 the final ruling on the law was released by the ftc in july 2004 . 4 in october 2004 the ftc released a a guide for prescribes and sellers recognition edit ac lens has been named to the inc. 5000 5 and the columbus business first fast 50 . 6 in may 2010 ceo peter clarkson was named a finalist for the ernst & young entrepreneur of the year award 7 for south central ohio and kentucky . ac lens recently earned the fifth consecutive biz rate circle of excellence award for outstanding customer service . 8 see also edit list of companies in the united states references edit the eyes have it how ac lens peter clarkson can sleep at night . bell jeff november 20 2000 . ac lens acquires i ohio in private stock exchange . ac lens response to fairness to contact lens consumer act pdf . ftc issues final rule implementing fairness to contact lens consumers act . ac lens inc 5000 . rawdon scott october 19 2009 . ac lens columbus fast 50 . first business may 19 2010 . ernst & young entrepreneur of the year award . circle of excellence award winners at bizrate 2011 . external links edit company website shop and compare prices retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ac lens & oldid 743694633 categories privately held companies based in ohiocompanies based in ohiocompanies based in the columbus ohio metropolitan area navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view