Francisco D'Souza explained

Francisco D'Souza should not be confused with Francisco de Souza.

Francisco D'Souza
Birth Date:23 August 1968
Birth Place:Nairobi, Kenya
Occupation:Former CEO & Vice Chairman, Cognizant
Alma Mater:University of Macau
Carnegie Mellon University

Francisco D'Souza (born 23 August 1968[1]) is an Indian-American entrepreneur and businessman, who is the former CEO and Vice Chairman of Cognizant — a Fortune 200 global professional services company – co-founded[2] the NASDAQ-100 company in 1994. He succeeded Lakshmi Narayanan as the CEO in 2007[3] and in 2018 was appointed Vice Chairman, while continuing his role as the CEO till 1 April 2019.

Biography

Francisco D'Souza was born in Nairobi, Kenya as the son of Placido D'Souza[4] —an Indian Foreign Services officer and diplomat who grew up in Pune[4] — and Sushila.[5] He has his roots in Anjuna, Goa.[4] D'Souza spent his childhood in 11 countries and went on to do a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of East Asia Macau[6] and a Master of Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University. He has three sisters, Jacinta, Lucia and Maria.[7]

Career

After his graduation from Tepper School of Business (Carnegie Mellon University), D'Souza joined Dun & Bradstreet as a management associate in 1992.[8] Cognizant began in 1994 as an in-house project of Dun & Bradstreet, led by D'Souza. From 1996, he held various leadership roles at Cognizant. He was elevated to CEO and joined the Board of Directors of Cognizant in January 2007, and promoted to the Vice Chairman of the Board in June 2018.[9]

In 2013, D'Souza joined the board of General Electric as its youngest director. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Mellon University[10]  and as Co-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New York Hall of Science.[11]

D'Souza is a member of the World Economic Forum[12]  and the 2019 Chairman of the World Economic Forum's IT Governors Steering Committee.[13] He sits on the Board of Directors[14] of The National Medal of Honor Museum.

In November 2019, MongoDB appointed D'Souza to its board of directors.[15]

In July 2020, Banco Santander appointed D'Souza to a top-tier executive position in support of its digital transformation strategy.[16]

Awards and honors

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Francisco D'Souza Unique strategies for a flat world - Livemint. www.livemint.com. 2018-09-10.
  2. News: How & why Cognizant's Francisco D'Souza will define India in 2012. 2012. The Economic Times. 2018-09-10.
  3. Web site: Terms of Service Violation. www.bloomberg.com. 2018-09-10.
  4. News: Francisco D'Souza's meteoric rise. Inevitably outside Goa? - Times of India. The Times of India. 2018-09-10.
  5. Web site: Goan Voice UK: Newsletter. Issue 2006-01. Aug. 25, 2006. www.goanvoice.org.uk. 2018-09-10.
  6. Web site: Francisco D'Souza, CEO, Cognizant - Meet 9 Indian-origin CEOs 'ruling' the technology industry The Times of India. The Times of India. 2018-09-10.
  7. Web site: CONDOLENCES: Sushila D'Souza, wife of Placido D'Souza. goanet-news.goanet.narkive.com. 2018-09-10.
  8. Web site: Young and Restless Carnegie Mellon Today. www.cmu.edu. en. 2018-09-10.
  9. News: Francisco D'Souza Named Vice Chairman of Cognizant Board of Directors in Addition to Chief Executive Officer. News Cognizant Technology Solutions. 2018-09-10.
  10. Web site: Board of Trustees - Leadership - Carnegie Mellon University. University. Carnegie Mellon. www.cmu.edu. en. 2019-01-02.
  11. Web site: Board of Trustees. NYSCI. en. 2019-01-02.
  12. Web site: Francisco D'Souza. World Economic Forum. 2019-01-02.
  13. News: Cognizant CEO Francisco D'Souza named chairman of WEF IT and Electronics Governors community. 2019-01-22. The Economic Times. 2019-01-23.
  14. Web site: The National Medal of Honor Museum - Foundation. The National Medal of Honor Museum. 2019-01-02.
  15. Web site: MongoDB Appoints Francisco D'Souza to the Board of Directors. 2020-09-24. MongoDB. en-us.
  16. Web site: 2020-07-02. Santander appoints three top technologists to executive positions. 2020-09-24. Finextra Research. en.
  17. News: Ladies & gentlemen, the winners are.... 2005-09-28. The Economic Times. 2018-09-10.
  18. News: Institutional Investor 2009 America's Best CEOs . Institutional Investor.
  19. Web site: List of its 100 CEO Leaders in STEM. 27 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130623224336/http://blog.stemconnector.org/stemconnector%C2%AE-releases-list-its-100-ceo-leaders-stem. 23 June 2013.
  20. Web site: Winners The Financial Express. expressitawards.financialexpress.com. en-US. 2018-04-27.
  21. Web site: Francisco D'Souza. https://web.archive.org/web/20190115181902/http://fortune.com/businessperson-of-the-year/2017/francisco-dsouza-10/. dead. 2019-01-15. 2017-11-16. Fortune. en. 2019-01-15.

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