Centice Corp. Names Ray W. Swanson as CEO

Centice Corp. of Research Triangle Park, N.C., a maker of optical sensors for the analytical, life sciences, medical and pharmaceutical industries, yesterday announced the appointment of Ray W. Swanson as president, CEO and board of directors member. Swanson is a 20-year veteran of the medical diagnostics and devices industry. Most recently, Swanson was senior vice president of commercial operations for TriPath Imaging, a publicly traded cancer diagnostics and device company based in Burlington, N.C. Swanson has also held positions with Dade Behring, Johnson and Johnson, American Hospital Supply Corp., Solvay Inc. and Washington University School of Medicine.