Illuminant technology projected onto a medical "dummy".
Board of Advisors

Guided by decades of experience

Dr. Jeffrey Wang, MD

Clinical Advisor

Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurological Surgery. Co-Director of USC Spine Center

Dr. John Liu, MD

Clinical Advisor

Professor of Neurological Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery. Co-Director of USC Spine Center

Brian Hess, MBA

Advisor

CEO, RevBio | Former R&D Director at Stryker OrthoBiologics

Brad Smith

Advisor

President, Marshall University | Former CEO, Intuit | Board Member, Amazon, Humana

Dr. Ross Venook, PhD

Advisor

Associate Eng. Director, Stanford Biodesign | Senior Lecturer, Stanford Bioengineering

Dr. Kurt Yaeger, MD

Clinical Advisor

Asst. Professor of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist

Dr. Christoph Leuze, PhD

Advisor

Executive Director, Stanford Medical Mixed Reality Lab

Andrew Edman

Advisor

Senior Development Engineer, Boston Children's Hospital

Advisors and Partners

Leadership Team

The dedicated people behind Illuminant

Eldrick Millares

Co-founder | CEO

Experienced Deep Tech Entrepreneur. Dreams of sailing around the world. Stanford Electrical Engineering.

James Hu

Co-founder | CPO

Driving innovations from research to the bedside. Probably cleaning his microaquarium. Stanford Bioengineering, UC Irvine School of Medicine.

Harry Nguyen, RAC, ASQ CMQ/OE

Director of Quality and Regulatory

Instilling the quality mindset on all those he works with, while preserving their entrepreneurial spirit. Enjoys science fiction and self-sufficient gardening. Princeton Chemical Engineering.

Nick Shelton

Senior Software Engineer

Crafting stunning visuals with a decade of expertise in graphics. Inspired by math, nature, music, and everything in between. Outside of work, find him VJing a concert or building an amplifier. Formerly working on VR at Disney, Google, and Meta. UT Austin Computer Science.

Alexa Nazarian

Biomedical Engineer

Bridging various engineering fields to create innovative, practical solutions. In her free time, she’s scaling rocks or immersed in a knitting project. Northeastern University Bioengineering (M.S.)

Brian Nguyen

Hardware Lead

Exploring where engineering meets art. Thinks everyone should own a tiny bike. Stanford Mechanical Engineering.

Enoch Omale

Software Engineer

Crafting software that makes an impact. Find him on the pitch or in the cinema. Yale Computer Science.

Ikaasa Suri

Clinical Specialist

Passionate about democratizing access to quality health care. In her free time, designing new outfits for the runway. UCLA Computer Science. Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine MD Candidate.

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