Title: President & CEO
Workplace: LabWare
Alma Mater: University of Delaware
Boards: Multiplying Good, UD College of Engineering Advisory Council, Carvertise, BarVision, AirGreen
What’s something interesting about you that isn’t on your resume? “I have a deep passion for car racing and I have been actively involved in racing, even starting a racing team and a docuseries about racing at the Bonneville salt flats.”
A former DuPont scientist, Vance Kershner left to found LabWare in 1987, developing a software to better streamline workflow and track lab processes. Today, it is claimed that a product that has been affected by LabWare is always within 6 feet of us – ranging from medicines to foods, gas to chemicals. More than 1 billion samples go through LabWare software each year from 2,500 customers in 125 countries. With the success of LabWare, Kershner has become increasingly involved in a variety of other pursuits, including co-founding the venture capital firm Leading Edge Ventures, operating Wilmington-area restaurants Buckley’s Tavern and Goober’s Diner, and developing overseas resorts in the British Virgin Islands and South Africa.
Received the award in 2024 and 2025.
