SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/15/17 -- Align Technology, Inc.(NASDAQ: ALGN), today announced that Sreelakshmi Kolli, Align's vice president, Information Technology has been selected as an honoree for the Bay Area CIO of the Year in the Innovation and Transformation category. Ms. Kolli will be honored at an awards dinner on June 22, 2017 in San Francisco. The CIO of the Year awards are presented by the Silicon Valley Business Journal and the San Francisco Business Times, which serves to recognize local leaders who deploy IT in innovative ways to make an impact on the business. During Ms. Kolli's tenure, Align's infrastructures and applications have grown to support over 56,000 customers in over one hundred countries and 6,800 employees across the globe, including management of approximately three million data files and 15 terabytes of data per day, enabling the Company to have started over 4.5 million patients in Invisalign treatment to date.

Ms. Kolli has been with Align for 14 years and was promoted to Vice President, Information Technology (IT) in December 2012. She is responsible for defining the technology strategy and development of global customer and enterprise applications and infrastructure, including end user and cloud computing, voice and data networks, storage, security, compliance and privacy. Ms. Kolli also leads the global program management office that manages and executes the company's enterprise roadmap that includes product portfolio and cross-functional business programs. In addition, she leads the company's global business transformation initiative aimed at delivering platforms and technology to support customer experience and simplified business processes across the company. Before joining Align Technology, Ms. Kolli held technical lead positions with Sword CT Space and Accenture. She is a member of the Executive Advisory Board at Salesforce.com. Ms. Kolli earned a M.S. degree in Computer Applications at the National Institute of Technology in Trichy, India.

About Align Technology, Inc.

Align Technology designs and manufactures the Invisalign® system, the most advanced clear aligner system in the world, and iTero® intraoral scanners and services. Align's products help dental professionals achieve the clinical results they expect and deliver effective, cutting-edge dental options to their patients. Visit www.aligntech.com for more information.

For additional information about the Invisalign system or to find an Invisalign provider in your area, please visit www.invisalign.com. For additional information about iTero digital scanning system, please visit www.itero.com.

Align Technology:
Yin Cantor
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ycantor@aligntech.com

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Shannon Mangum Henderson
(678) 261-7803
align@ethoscommunication.com

Source: Align Technology

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