Zia Chishti serves as Chairman of the Board and CEO of Afiniti. Prior to founding Afiniti, Zia was the founding chairman and CEO of Align Technology, a medical device technology company that he led from startup to over a $1 billion valuation on the NASDAQ. Zia began his career in the mergers and acquisitions department of Morgan Stanley & Company in New York and London, and briefly served as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in London. Zia received his MBA from Stanford University and his BA from Columbia University, where he majored in Economics and Computer Science and was a member of the varsity crew team. Zia is an avid skier and chess player.