About Us
Our mission is vision care for your family.
At West Point Optical Group, WPOG, our eye doctors take the time to get to know you, your eye care history, and your vision needs.
WPOG is a family-owned business with the goal of providing quality patient care by developing experienced, well-rounded vision health teams in each of our franchised Pearle Vision locations.
In 2014, Bill Noble founded our company when he purchased 10 Pearle Vision stores in Ohio. Since then, WPOG has expanded to oversee over 91 stores in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, and Ohio.
Bill Noble, CEO & Founder
William F. Noble Jr. (Bill) is the CEO & Founder of West Point Optical Group LLC, the largest Pearle Vision franchisee with 91 locations in Ohio (23), Michigan (17), Arizona (10), Pennsylvania (9), Kentucky (7), Indiana (6), Florida (9), Georgia (5) and Colorado (5). With over twenty years of experience in Healthcare and Optical Retail Operations, Bill is a visionary leader with a diverse cross functional management background and a successful track record of delivering outstanding results.
Bill began his career at McKinsey & Co. serving as an Associate where he worked on engagements supporting several large multi-national corporations. Leaving McKinsey in 1998 with a desire to apply his analytical and leadership skills in corporate America, Bill joined Caesars Entertainment where he served as SVP and General Manager for casino properties in Las Vegas, Missouri and Louisiana. From there, Bill started his retail career at Limited Brands and eventually worked at Toys R Us, Lord & Taylor, Walmart and Caleres before ultimately landing at Luxottica Retail North America where he served as SVP of Retail Operations for the LensCrafters brand. In 2014, with a profound interest in building and owning his own business through franchising, Bill founded West Point Optical Group, LLC. His colleagues value Bill’s willingness to go to any length for the greater good of the company while maintaining a positive attitude coupled with a ‘no excuses’ commitment to results. A unique leader with a strong military background, Bill has created a competitively fun environment centered on patient focused values, teamwork and high achievement.
Great success is achieved with discipline and a commitment to hard work. These have been central tenets of Bill’s academic, athletic and professional career. Bill graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1986 with a B.S. in Engineering Management where he was also a member of the Army Football team. Bill served in the U. S. Army for six years and attended a number of advanced training schools including airborne and the Rotary Wing Aviator Course, in which he qualified as a helicopter pilot. Bill served in Camp Casey, Korea flying utility helicopters and had the honor to serve at Fort Lewis, Washington where he was selected to command a helicopter support unit flying the UH-60A Blackhawk. After completing his military service, Bill attended the Harvard Business School, where he earned an MBA in Finance and General Management.
Bill grew up in Albany, GA where he went to Westover High School, home of the Patriots. Bill’s current interests include fitness, sports and coaching youth sports. He has a personal commitment to his faith, his family, his fitness and his healthy lifestyle. Bill and his wife Lauralee reside in Mason, OH and have 8 children.
John Womack, OD, CMO
Dr. Womack grew up in a small town in Northwest Georgia where his family still resides. In 2002, he graduated from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN. He has been a doctor in the Pearle group since 2012 in Jacksonville, FL. In 2017, he accepted the role as Chief Medical Officer for West Point Optical Group/Family First Vision Care. Dr. Womack and his wife recently relocated to the Atlanta area to be closer to family. “We are so excited to be here, and I look forward to serving the patients in Canton.
“This is an exciting opportunity, and we are thrilled to be here. I look forward to serving the Canton community and earning the same established reputation in patient care in the Canton area that I have in Jacksonville Florida.”