Helix announced the appointment of Robin Thurston as chief executive officer. Robin previously co-founded and built MapMyFitness and most recently served as chief digital officer at Under Armour, where he led the overall strategic direction of the company’s Connected Fitness business. At Helix, his leadership will help build the personal genomics platform. Robin joins a team of 70 people split between headquarters in the Bay Area and lab operations in San Diego. Earlier this year, Helix completed construction on NGS laboratory in San Diego. Helix is currently testing samples from a closed Alpha program and is on track to operate one of its large CLIA, CAP-accredited NGS facilities in the world.