Alekhya is a Biomarker Operations Manager at Genentech where she provides clinical oncology biomarker operations expertise. She believes, with future of healthcare geared towards personalized medicine, biomarkers are a critical element of cancer drug development and cancer therapeutics. Alekhya holds an undergraduate degree from BMS College of Engineering, India in Biotechnology Engineering and a masters degree from Northeastern University in Biotechnology. Prior to joining Genentech, Alekhya worked in quality technology at Fluidigm and Sanofi-Genzyme.