Helmy Eltoukhy is the chairman and co-CEO of leading precision oncology company Guardant Health, which he co-founded in 2012 with Dr. AmirAli Talasaz. In 2007, Eltoukhy co-founded Avantome to commercialize semiconductor sequencing. Avantome was acquired by Illumina.
While at Illumina, Eltoukhy served as senior director of advanced technology research. He developed novel chemistries, hardware, and informatics for genetic analysis systems. Eltoukhy received his Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University.