Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 12, 2001

Mark Chandler – Luminex Corporation (lmnx)

MARK B. CHANDLER is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Luminex Corporation. Dr. Chandler founded the company with his brother, Van S. Chandler, in May 1995 and has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since that date and as President since June 1999. He also has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors since its formation in July 1997. In 1982, he founded Inland Laboratories, Inc., which provides plant and bacterial toxins to the medical research community. As the President and CEO of Inland, Dr. Chandler received the KPMG Peat Marwick, High Technology Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1987. He received his PhD in Immunology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of Luminex

Corporation, and then a profile of the company as it is now?

Dr. Chandler: Luminex spun out of a company I founded right out