Английская Википедия:Francis deSouza

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Шаблон:About Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Francis Aurelio deSouza (Шаблон:IPAc-en; born December 2, 1970) is an American entrepreneur and business executive. He is the former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Illumina[1][2] and a member of the Board of Directors of The Walt Disney Company.[3]

Before Illumina, deSouza was president of products and services at Symantec.[4][5] He joined Symantec in 2006 when Symantec acquired IMlogic, where deSouza was founder and CEO.[6] Prior to IMlogic, deSouza worked at Microsoft from 1998 to 2001 after Microsoft acquired Flash Communications, where deSouza was co-founder and CEO.[7]

Early life

He was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to a mother of Ethiopian and Greek descent, Elpinki, and an Indian father, Domingos. He was the second of five children.[8] His mother was a homemaker and his father was a commercial representative for Japanese trading company Itochu. Before he was 5, his family moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[9]

In 1987, at age 16, he graduated from St. Mary's Catholic High School, Dubai, UAE[10] and was admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[11] He graduated Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu and Sigma Xi from MIT in 1992 with Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and computer science and a minor in economics.[12]

Personal life

Following the 2017 divorce of deSouza and his wife Erica, the division of their cryptocurrency assets became a subject of dispute, drawing attention to how cryptocurrency assets are treated in divorce.[13][14]

Career

Early in his career, he worked at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center and then in management consulting.[15]Шаблон:Primary source inline DeSouza co-founded and served as CEO of Flash Communications, a provider of corporate instant messaging that was acquired by Microsoft in 1998.[16]

Microsoft

Following Microsoft's acquisition of Flash, deSouza joined Microsoft and became a product unit manager, where he led the team responsible for the development of the company's enterprise real-time collaboration offerings, including instant messaging, chat, voice over IP and NetMeeting.[17]

IMlogic

DeSouza left Microsoft in 2001 and founded IMlogic, where he served as CEO[18] and grew the company into the market leading provider of instant messaging security.[19]

Symantec

DeSouza joined Symantec through the company's acquisition of IMlogic in February 2006.[20] DeSouza served as president of products and services at Symantec until November 11, 2013.[21][22] He led the research, product management, engineering, customer support and operations for Symantec's offerings, which generated $6.73 billion in revenue in FY11.[23]

Illumina

DeSouza was appointed president of Illumina, Inc. in November 2013, leading the company in envisioning, developing, and producing products.[24] In 2016, he was also appointed CEO.[25] On June 11, 2023, DeSouza announced his resignation effectively immediately following an aggressive board reorganization and ousting attempt from Carl Icahn.[26]

Board member

He served on the Board of Directors of Citrix Systems from December 2014 to June 2016.[27]

In February 2018 deSouza was elected to the Board of Directors of The Walt Disney Company.[3]

Accolades and recognition

References

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  1. ↑ Park, Alice (April 26, 2021). "2021 Time100 Most Influential Companies: Illumina Decoding Covid19". Time.
  2. ↑ Fikes, Bradley J. (February 23, 2017). "Illumina CEO brings entrepreneurial spirit to genomics giant". The San Diego Union-Tribune.
  3. ↑ 3,0 3,1 "Disney adds two board members from tech world". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ↑ Reuters Brief Biography "Francis deSouza", Accessed on April 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ Businessweek Executive Profile, "Francis deSouza"Шаблон:Dead linkШаблон:Cbignore, Accessed on April 19, 2012.
  6. ↑ Information Age, "Symantec Buys IMlogic", Accessed on April 19, 2012.
  7. ↑ CNet, "Microsoft merger gets message", Accessed on April 19, 2012.
  8. ↑ The Goan Voice, "Francis deSouza", Accessed on April 19, 2012.
  9. ↑ The Goan Voice, "Francis deSouza", Accessed on April 19, 2012.
  10. ↑ Gulf News "Former Dubai-based Indian student at forefront of decoding COVID-19 genome in US"
  11. ↑ Fortune, "Francis deSouza".
  12. ↑ Fortune, "Francis deSouza".
  13. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  14. ↑ DeSouza v. DeSouza, A156311  (City & County of San Francisco Super. 54 Cal. App.5th 25, 30 (Cal. Ct. App. 2020), August 10, 2020). Accessed 19 April 2023.
  15. ↑ RSA Conference, "Francis deSouza".
  16. ↑ CNet, "Microsoft merger gets message", Accessed on April 19, 2012.
  17. ↑ The Wall Street Transcript, "Francis deSouza – IMlogic Inc".
  18. ↑ Engineering Our World: MIT school of Engineering "Today's "real" engineers"
  19. ↑ MIT, "Francis deSouza, CEO of IMlogic", Accessed on April 19, 2012.
  20. ↑ Information Age, "Symantec Buys IMlogic", Accessed on April 19, 2012.
  21. ↑ Reuters Brief Biography, "Francis deSouza", Accessed on April 19, 2012.
  22. ↑ Businessweek Executive Profile, "Francis deSouza"Шаблон:Dead linkШаблон:Cbignore, Accessed on April 19, 2012.
  23. ↑ Symantec.com, "Symantec FY11 Earnings", Accessed on April 19, 2012.
  24. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  25. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  26. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  27. ↑ Citrix.com "Citrix Appoints Francis deSouza to Board of Directors" Шаблон:Webarchive
  28. ↑ Glassdoor, [1].
  29. ↑ Glassdoor, [2].
  30. ↑ Fortune, "2018 Businessperson of the Year".
  31. ↑ Silicon Valley Business Journal, "People to watch"
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