Lyle C. Turner

LYLE C. TURNER is a founder of Invitrogen, has served as President,
Chief Executive Officer and Director since February 1988. Previously,
Mr. Turner served as Director of Sales and Marketing at Stratagene, a
life science research company, from January 1987 through February 1988,
and as Technical Sales Specialist at Boehringer Mannheim Corp., a
pharmaceutical company, from June 1985 to January 1987. From September
1981 through May 1985, Mr. Turner worked at Syntro Corporation, an
animal health company, at which his final position was Manager of
Business Development. Mr. Turner received his B.A. in Chemistry from the
University of California, San Diego.