Align Technology Appoints Karim Boussebaa, EVP and MD of iTero Scanner and Services Business—Yuval Shaked to Leave Align End of 2023
09 February 2023 - 8:55AM
Business Wire
Align Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALGN), a leading global medical
device company that designs, manufactures, and sells the
Invisalign® system of clear aligners, iTero™ intraoral scanners,
and exocad™ CAD/CAM software for digital orthodontics and
restorative dentistry, today announced that after nearly six years
with Align, Yuval Shaked, executive vice president and managing
director of iTero scanner and services, has decided to leave the
company for personal reasons and spend more time with his family.
He will remain with Align and continue as a member of Align
Technology President and CEO Joe Hogan’s staff supporting strategic
initiatives and programs through 2023. Mr. Shaked will transition
his role to Karim Boussebaa, who will join Align on February 27 and
assume the role of executive vice president and managing director
of iTero scanner and services, effective immediately.
Commenting on Mr. Shaked’s departure announcement, Align
Technology President and CEO Joe Hogan said, “Yuval joined Align in
2017 and has successfully scaled the iTero business worldwide to
over 2,000 employees, delivering continuous technology and product
innovations that have helped us achieve many significant
milestones, including a robust scanner portfolio featuring many
industry firsts such as the iTero Element 5D with NIRI technology.
I want to thank Yuval for his tremendous contributions and
leadership of the iTero scanner and services business. Yuval’s
decision to leave Align was difficult for him and I know that he
did not make it lightly. Yuval will work closely with Karim to
ensure a smooth and successful transition for the iTero business
and product roadmap, and I am grateful that he will continue with
Align and help support Karim through the transition.”
Karim Boussebaa is an experienced healthcare executive with more
than 28 years of industry leadership and a proven track record in
innovation and organizational development, and has extensive
regulatory experience. Mr. Boussebaa spent nearly 12 years leading
various business units and technologies at Philips Healthcare, in
the US and the Netherlands. He was most recently senior vice
president, business leader, Philips Image Guided Therapy Systems
(IGTS), where he was responsible for both cath labs fixed systems
and mobile systems, the market leader in interventional
cardiovascular with operations in three global sites, spanning 200
global markets with diverse clinical segments (Coronary, Vascular,
Electro-physiology, Structural Heart, Neurovascular, Oncology,
Surgery). Prior to his 16 years at Philips, Mr. Boussebaa spent
nearly 10 years at GE Healthcare in various leadership positions in
mammography, X-ray, cardiovascular, and mobile surgery
businesses.
Commenting on Mr. Boussebaa’s new position, Align Technology
President and CEO Joe Hogan said, “I am very excited to have Karim
join Align. Like Yuval, Karim is an exceptional technology and
business leader with a proven track record for focusing on customer
needs while inspiring and developing winning teams. He has led and
worked with Israel based teams for the past 15 years and I am
confident that Karim will further enable the growth and continued
success of our scanner and services business globally.”
About Align Technology,
Inc.
Align Technology designs and manufactures the Invisalign®
system, the most advanced clear aligner system in the world, iTero™
intraoral scanners and services, and exocad™ CAD/CAM software.
These technology building blocks enable enhanced digital
orthodontic and restorative workflows to improve patient outcomes
and practice efficiencies for over 239 thousand doctor customers
and are key to accessing Align’s 500 million consumer market
opportunity worldwide. Over the past 25 years, Align has helped
doctors treat over 14.5 million patients with the Invisalign system
and is driving the evolution in digital dentistry through the Align
Digital Platform™, our integrated suite of unique, proprietary
technologies and services delivered as a seamless, end-to-end
solution for patients and consumers, orthodontists and GP dentists,
and lab/partners. Visit www.aligntech.com for more information.
For additional information about the Invisalign system or to
find an Invisalign doctor in your area, please visit
www.invisalign.com. For additional information about the iTero
digital scanning system, please visit www.itero.com. For additional
information about exocad dental CAD/CAM offerings and a list of
exocad reseller partners, please visit www.exocad.com.
Invisalign, iTero, exocad, Align, Align Digital Platform, iTero
Element and iTero-exocad Connector are trademarks of Align
Technology, Inc.
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