- Francisco D'Souza
Francisco D'Souza is the
CEO ofCognizant Technology Solutions . He took over fromLakshmi Narayanan who was promoted as the Vice Chairman. Mr. Francisco D'Souza is among the youngest Chief Executive Officers in the software services sector at the age 38. He was part of the team founded, in 1994, theNasdaq-100 Cognizant Technology Solutions.He was a
person of Indian origin (PIO), born inNairobi ,Kenya , and lived in 11 countries. His father was a diplomat withIndian Foreign Service s. Francisco D'Souza holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of East Asia and aMaster of Business Administration degree fromCarnegie-Mellon University . [cite news | url=http://www.cognizant.com/html/aboutus/executiveTeam.asp#franc | title=Frank D'Souza at Cognizant.com | publisher=Cognizant.com ]Profile
Effective
January 1 ,2007 , Francisco D'Souza was appointed as thePresident and Chief Executive Officer and a member of theBoard of Directors ofCognizant Technology Solutions .Francisco D'Souza won the
Economic Times Entrepreneur Award in 2005. Francisco was also a 2002Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist. Francisco D'Souza has 18 years of experience in theinformation technology industry, in both operational and advisory roles. At Cognizant, which he joined in its early days, Francisco oversees much of the operations and business development of the company. He works closely with Cognizant clients who are using offshore resources to execute large software development and maintenance projects. Francisco spent the previous four years of his career at various divisions of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, holding key positions in marketing, strategic planning, and new business development inGermany , theUS andIndia .Francisco D'Souza was elected Chief Operating Officer in December 2003. Prior to that, from November 1999 to December 2003, he served as Senior Vice President, North American Operations and Business Development. From March 1998 to November 1999, he served as Vice President, North American Operations and Business Development and as Director-North American Operations and Business Development from June 1997 to March 1998. From January 1996 to June 1997, Mr. D'Souza was engaged as consultant. From February 1995 to December 1995, Mr. D'Souza was employed as Product Manager at Pilot Software. Between 1992 and 1995, Mr. D'Souza held various marketing, business development and technology management positions as a Management Associate at The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. While working at The
Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, Mr. D'Souza was part of the team that established thesoftware development and maintenance business conducted bycognizant .References
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*Profiles at forbes.com [http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=919672]
*Article at Economic Times [http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com/Francisco_DSouza_takes_over_as_Cognizants_CEO/articleshow/1014211.cms]
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