About Zoom Optics
About Us
Our Friendly Team
Our team is community focused and committed to providing you with personalised customer service with honesty and integrity.
Zoom Optics optometrists are highly qualified. Our optometrists are therapeutically endorsed, which means they can prescribe medicines for the eye to treat many eye conditions.
Our optometrists are proud members of the Optometry Australia which ensures the highest level of professional standards are maintained. We are also members of the Orthokeratology Society of Oceania which means we are at the forefront of the latest orthokeratology technologies and best practices.
Zoom Optics have tertiary-qualified optical dispensers at each location to help achieve the highest standard of professional advice on your optical needs. They have undergone rigorous training to deliver technical lens and frame selection advice to best suit your individual prescription. Our optical dispensers are trained in using our onsite lens labs to deliver our famous express same day glasses service. No job is too big or too small.
At Zoom Optics our frame fashion consultants will help make choosing your designer eyewear enjoyable with compliments guaranteed.
Our History
Zoom Optics combines the precision of optometry using state of the art vision testing facilities with sophisticated style in our extensive range of high quality products including frames, lenses, sunglasses and contact lenses.The founders of Zoom Optics, Alex Tran and Ai-Leen Chua, began their first practice on the Northern Beaches suburb of Balgowlah.
In 1997, they established Zoom Optics at Broadway, followed in 2004 by Zoom Optics, Rhodes and Zoom Optics Macquarie Centre in 2018. Long term employees, John and Christine grow the tradition of being a family run optometry practice and continue the high level of service and care which Zoom Optics is well known for.
Our Optometrists
John Nguyen
John is co-owner of the Zoom Optics group of practices. He graduated from the University of New South Wales in 2005. He worked in a variety of practice settings across New South Wales before committing to his passion of running his own business. His interests are in the latest diagnostic and ophthalmic lens technologies. He is a member of the Orthokeratology Society of Oceania and is long term wearer of OrthoK himself.
John has a keen interest in fitness and personal health. He is an avid sports fan and enjoys barracking for the Sydney Swans.
Kylie Squires
Kylie graduated from UNSW in 1998 and was awarded the University medal. She has been in private practice for over 20 years, and has worked primarily in Sydney and Perth. She has worked for Zoom Optics since 2010. Kylie enjoys ongoing relationships with the customers at Broadway and appreciates frequently having customers refer their friends for the thorough care they have experienced.
Kylie is a mother of 3 school age children and this enables her to relate to the concerns of families in eye examinations. She enjoys time with her family (including a Cavalier puppy) and time practising pilates and walking with friends.
Christine Wang
Christine is co-owner of the Zoom Optics group of practices, completing the husband and wife team. She graduated from the University of New South Wales in 2006. She travelled the country, doing private practice and satellite clinics for Indigenous communities, before settling back in Sydney to start her own practice. Her interests are in contact lens fittings and children’s vision. She is a member of the Orthokeratology Society of Oceania.
Christine enjoys travelling and spending time with her young family and two dogs.
Carmen Chiang
Carmen is our regular part time optometrist at Rhodes. She graduated from UNSW with Honors in 2005 and completed her UNSW Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics in 2016. Hence Carmen is able to prescribe certain ocular medications for the treatment of most red eye complications and co-manage glaucoma in consultation with specialists. Carmen joined our Rhodes practice in 2014 and she has enjoyed her work here in this friendly community. She is passionate about providing excellent eyecare to all her patients, and educating them about eye protection. Carmen is also fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin.
In her spare time, Carmen enjoys family life with her husband and active son. They go for bike rides and walks by the beach under the great Aussie sun!
200+ 5 Star Reviews on Google
Fantastic optometrist, lenses are well below the prices of the big chains and ready in a fraction of the time. They are honest about what is necessary and what is a nice extra if you are happy to pay more. I needed my frames adjusted today and the staff member was so patient and kind, taking time to get it just right for me. Thank you!Nikki Huang07/11/2023Zoom optics is an absolute life saver!!!! Kim is a superstar ⭐️????and she saved the day, we were even able to have my daughters scripts updated and glasses made within 30 minutes. Kim is genuinely wanting to help as my daughter needs glasses with a few added extras, Kim was able to help with pricing too so we didn't blow our budget. Would totally recommend visiting this store, I wish there was one in MelbourneDanielle Rollo29/09/2023Kim at Zoom optics is fabulous!!! The best service! I come in regularly to get my sunglasses serviced, she replaces and resizes for me, even got me a new case that she knew I was looking for! I feel confident that when I purchase glasses I will always have great service for years to come! Thanks for always being fabulous Kim!Yolla Kordahi20/09/2023They provide accurate treatment and really appropriate advices. Doctor helped my eyes which i neglected with using long time contact lenses.L20/08/2023Wonderful service: fast & friendly. If you need glasses in just an hour! Thank you. BriBri Bassist31/03/2023The staffs are really nice and patient and help me a lot to pick up the frame and adjust it for me.both the glasses and service are high qualitylobby boy14/03/2023My glasses broke, and initially we thought couldn’t be fixed. But Kim at Zoom Broadway really went above and beyond to get them repaired. Now I’m looking forward to getting my next pair of glasses from them!Susan Ellis09/03/2023