Francisco D'Souza
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Francisco D'Souza is the CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions. He took over from Lakshmi 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, the Nasdaq-100 Cognizant Technology Solutions.
He is a person of Indian origin (PIO), born in Nairobi, Kenya, and lived in 11 countries. His father was a diplomat with Indian Foreign Services. Francisco D'Souza holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of East Asia and a Master of Business Administration degree from Carnegie-Mellon University.
Francisco D'Souza won the Economic Times Entrepreneur Award in 2005. Francisco was also a 2002 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist. Francisco D'Souza has 18 years of experience in the information technology industry, in both operational and advisory roles. 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 the software development and maintenance business conducted by cognizant.
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