Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 14, 2005

John Lamson – First Advantage Corporation (fadv)

JOHN LAMSON serves as chief financial officer and executive vice president of First Advantage Corporation. Mr. Lamson previously served as chief financial officer of First American Real Estate Information Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The First American Corporation, holding that position from September 1997. He was responsible for the financial matters of First American's information technology businesses, which included the First American Screening Technologies division. Between 1991 and his joining First American in 1997, Mr. Lamson was a self-employed consultant. Prior to 1991, he served as Chief Financial Officer of a financial institution and as a certified public accountant in the audit division of Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Lamson is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration from the University of South Florida. Profile
TWST: What is First Advantage?

Mr. Lamson: First Advantage is a leading provider of screening and risk

mitigation services. We were formed in a unique way by a reverse

acquisition in June 2003