Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 30, 1999

Lance Fors – Third Wave Technologies Inc

LANCE FORS has been President and CEO of Third Wave Technologies, Inc. since he founded the company in 1993. Dr. Fors received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the California Institute of Technology in 1990 and was a Post Doctoral Fellow, both under the direction of Dr. Leroy Hood. Dr. Fors is the Principal Investigator on over $5 million of research grants and an inventor on many of the patents awarded to the company. Prior to Third Wave, Dr. Fors founded and managed two other companies while pursuing his graduate studies. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a brief overview and history of the Third

Wave Technologies?

Dr. Fors: Third Wave was incorporated in 1993 and began operations in

1994. The focus of the company