Management Team

Joseph M. Hogan joined Align in June 2015 as President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and a Director of Align Technology. Mr. Hogan is an accomplished chief executive with extensive experience across multiple industries including healthcare, technology and industrial automation. Before joining Align, Mr. Hogan served as CEO of ABB, a $40 billion global power and automation technologies company based in Zurich, Switzerland. During his five years at ABB, Mr. Hogan oversaw a 25% increase in revenues. Prior to ABB, Mr. Hogan spent 25 years at General Electric (GE) in a variety of executive and management roles, including eight years as CEO of GE Healthcare, where he drove significant geographic and market portfolio expansion and more than doubled revenues from $7 billion to $16 billion. Mr. Hogan earned an M.B.A. from Robert Morris University and a B.S. degree in Business and Economics from Geneva College, both in Pennsylvania.

John Morici joined Align Technology as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in November 2016 and is responsible for managing the company’s global finance and financial strategy. Over his more than 20-year career, Mr. Morici has held senior leadership positions in finance, operations and strategic planning in healthcare, medical technology and consumer/entertainment. Prior to joining Align, Mr. Morici spent nine years at NBC Universal where he held several senior management positions in the company’s Universal Pictures Home Entertainment U.S. and Canadian business, including chief financial officer, chief operating officer, and most recently, executive vice president and managing director. In his role as Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Mr. Morici led all finance, sales, marketing, operations and customer service organizations and was responsible for overall strategy and planning. Prior to NBC Universal, Mr. Morici spent eight years in senior financial management positions at GE Healthcare, including as CFO for its Diagnostic Imaging and Global Products units. He also held a number of financial management roles during his tenure at Case New Holland and Abbott Laboratories. Mr. Morici earned an M.B.A. degree in Finance and a B.S. degree with Honors in Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin.

Raj Pudipeddi serves as the Chief Product and Marketing Officer, and Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the Asia Pacific region, with global responsibility for Product, Marketing, Strategy and the Clinical teams as well as responsibility for the market development and operational execution of all Align Technology products and services in the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Pudipeddi is an accomplished executive with over 24 years of business leadership and brand building experience across consumer goods and telecom, and joined the company in February 2019. He started his career at Procter & Gamble and served in a number of leadership roles across businesses in North America, Asia and Latin America. Most recently, he served as Chief Marketing Officer and Director, Consumer Business at Bharti Airtel, an Indian telecom leader. Mr. Pudipeddi earned an M.B.A. degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, India, and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Gandhi Institute of Technology in India.

Simon Beard is Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Americas, responsible for Align Technology’s market development and operational execution of all Align Technology products and services in the Americas region. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). He joined the company in November 2014 originally as Vice President and Managing Director for EMEA. Mr. Beard has had a progressive career over 25 years in the pharmaceuticals and medical device industry. Prior to Align Technology, Mr. Beard was Regional Managing Director for Smith & Nephew’s South East Asia business. Prior to Smith & Nephew, Mr. Beard held multiple commercial, strategic and general management positions in companies such as DePuy International (Johnson & Johnson), Sankyo Pharmaceutical and Sanofi Aventis. Mr. Beard holds a B.S. degree from Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA.

Julie Coletti is Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer, responsible for all aspects of Align Technology's global legal and regulatory affairs. Ms. Coletti joined the company in May 2018 as Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Strategic Commercial Affairs. Ms. Coletti is an experienced life sciences and technology executive, general counsel and chief compliance officer with a proven track record of leading business-focused, results-oriented legal and compliance teams during periods of transformation and growth. Prior to joining Align, she served as Vice President and Global General Counsel of Danaher Corporation’s $3 billion dental medical device platform, where she led a team of over fifty legal, intellectual property, compliance, environmental health and safety and trade professionals. Before Danaher, she served as Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Bayer HealthCare's MEDRAD/Radiology and Interventional Division, a leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and medical devices for imaging and interventional cardiology. She received her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and her B.A., cum laude, from Rutgers University.

Stuart Hockridge is Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources responsible for leading the global human resources team including talent management, recruitment, total rewards and HR services for Align Technology's operations and facilities around the world. He joined the company in May 2016 as Vice President, Global Human Resources. Mr. Hockridge has more than 20 years of broad human resource experience across a number of international Fortune 500 companies, from defense, finance, technology and healthcare. Prior to joining Align Technology, Mr. Hockridge was Senior Vice President of Talent at Visa Inc., where he led all aspects of talent delivery for the company including executive development, succession planning, employee engagement, learning and development and talent acquisition. Prior to Visa, Mr. Hockridge held a number of human resource management positions at GE Healthcare leading HR processes both globally and for various divisions of the company.

Srini Kaza serves as Senior Vice President, Product Research & Development, responsible for leading the global product R&D group. He joined the company in April 1999, most recently serving as Vice President Product R&D, with focus areas such as Biomechanics, Advanced Materials, 3D Printing, 3D Computational Geometry, Clinical Affairs, Advanced Simulation and Design, and emerging technologies and processes. Under his supervision, the R&D group has created the technologies that form the basis for Invisalign product performance improvements, most recently releasing Invisalign G8 as well as creating the patented SmartTrack® material, specially engineered for the Invisalign system, along with continuing to work on future advancements. In addition, his team conducts multiple clinical studies that aim to create better understanding of Invisalign product performance. Mr. Kaza’s team also manages the University Research Programs, intended to create close collaborations with universities worldwide in order to help advance the science in our field. Overall, Mr. Kaza has made significant contributions over the years in developing several 3D printing technologies, scanning processes, innovative materials, 3D software and several other technologies during his tenure at Align. Mr. Kaza holds an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Utah and an M.B.A. degree from the Wharton School of Business.

Sreelakshmi Kolli is Senior Vice President, Chief Digital Officer, responsible for leading software, data, enterprise, cloud and infrastructure engineering teams focused on design and development of digital products and services. This includes defining the technology strategy and development of product software, consumer, customer, manufacturing and enterprise applications enabling the Align Digital Platform. In addition, she led Align’s global business transformation initiative aimed at delivering platforms and technology to support customer experience and simplified business processes across the company. She joined the company in June 2003 and held positions of increasing responsibility leading business operations and engineering for customer-facing applications during her tenure and was promoted to Vice President, Information Technology (IT) in December 2012. Prior to joining Align, Ms. Kolli held technical lead positions with Citadon and Accenture. She is a member of the Board of Directors at Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., a member of the Executive Advisory Board at Salesforce.com and an external advisor on the Board of Trustees Committee on Information Technology Strategy at University of San Francisco. Ms. Kolli earned an M.S. degree in Computer Applications at the National Institute of Technology in Trichy, India and is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program offered by the Stanford Graduate School of Business in California.

Jennifer Olson is Senior Vice President, Customer Success, responsible for creating and executing global programs that deliver a superior customer experience. Previously, Ms. Olson-Wilk lead the company’s doctor-directed, consumer channel programs aimed at connecting interested consumers with Invisalign providers for treatment through convenient retail environments. She joined the company in 2002 and held multiple roles in sales, marketing and business development until her appointment to Vice President and Managing Director, Doctor-Directed Consumer Channel in August 2016. Prior to joining Align Technology, Ms. Olson-Wilk was with technology companies such as Extreme Networks and PWI Technologies. She received a B.A. degree in Business Administration from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.

Zelko Relic is Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Global Research & Development responsible for research and development programs worldwide, including delivering new and enhanced products for the Invisalign clear aligner and iTero scanner businesses as well as overseeing security and compliance across our IT systems and R&D platforms. As CTO, he is focused on the Company’s future innovation path, delivering technical excellence while leveraging the Company’s core technology strengths and continuously exploring new technologies. Mr. Relic has spent his career in the healthcare, semiconductor and automation industries, where he built a track record for developing advanced technologies and solutions across global organizations. He joined the company in 2013 originally as Vice President, Research & Development. Prior to joining Align Technology, Mr. Relic was Vice President, Engineering for Datalogic Automation, a global leader in automatic data capture and industrial automation markets. Prior to Datalogic, Mr. Relic was Vice President, Engineering at Danaher Corporation, Accu-Sort Systems business where he managed R&D and product development for smart cameras and laser scanners for Automatic Identification systems. He was also Vice President at Siemens Medical Solutions USA overseeing radiology, cardiology and CAD R&D and product development, and held senior management positions in engineering at Kulicke&Soffa Industries and KLA-Tencor, designers and manufacturers of semiconductor products.

Markus Sebastian is Senior Vice President and Managing Director, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), responsible for Align Technology’s market development and operational execution of all Align Technology products and services in the EMEA region. Previously Mr. Sebastian served as vice president for the company’s core Europe orthodontic channel. Prior to joining Align, he spent over 25 years in healthcare and medical device industries including chief commercial officer for Lohmann & Rauscher, and multiple commercial, strategic and general management positions for Smith & Nephew and Coloplast. He holds a degree from Middlesex University in London.

Yuval Shaked is Senior Vice President and Managing Director, iTero Scanner and Services Business. Mr. Shaked has global responsibility for Align Technology’s market development and operational execution of the iTero Scanner and Services business. He joined the company in June 2017, based in Israel. Prior to joining Align Technology, Mr. Shaked spent approximately 14 years at GE Healthcare in the U.S. and Israel in a variety of roles at multiple business units. Most recently, he served as General Manager, Diagnostic Cardiology, overseeing the P&L and leading on- and off-shore R&D and marketing teams in the U.S., Germany, India and China. Prior to that, he was General Manager for GE’s VersaMed business unit, with responsibility for R&D, innovation, manufacturing, quality and commercial activity. Mr. Shaked was the former CEO of SHL Telemedicine Ltd., an Israel-based advanced personal telemedicine company. Mr. Shaked holds an M.B.A. from Tel Aviv University and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Haifa University with a B.A. degree in Economics.

Julie Tay is Senior Vice President, Commercial Strategy in the Asia Pacific region. She joined the company in March 2013 originally as Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific, and has spent the past several years as Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific. Ms. Tay has more than 20 years’ experience in international management of various segments including consumer healthcare, medical devices and chemical businesses across Asia. Prior to joining Align Technology, Ms. Tay was regional head of Bayer Healthcare (Diabetes Care) overseeing operations across Asia where she grew the business into a sustainable and profitable operation in three years. Prior to Bayer, Ms. Tay spent 15 years with Johnson & Johnson Medical where she was instrumental in establishing the LifeScan franchise within Asia. Ms. Tay holds an M.B.A. from Curtin University of Technology (Australia) and a B.A. degree from the National University of Singapore.

Emory M. Wright is Senior Vice President, Global Operations responsible for Align Technology’s global manufacturing and operation activities. He joined the company in 2000, and since then has served in several roles within operations. Mr. Wright was instrumental in building Align Technology's world-class manufacturing operations and was promoted to Vice President, Operations in December 2007. Prior to joining Align Technology, Mr. Wright spent more than 8 years in research, product development and operations positions at various medical device and biotechnology companies in the Silicon Valley. During that time, he led worldwide manufacturing, engineering, planning, materials/procurement and distribution/logistics organizations. Mr. Wright holds an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University and a B.S. degree in Biology from the University of California at Santa Cruz.