Primary Job Title Managing Partner & Co-Founder Primary Organization Recognize Partners
Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Francisco D’Souza is the Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the Board of Directors at Cogizant since January 2007. Francisco served as Cognizant's President from January 2007 to January 2012 and as Chief Operating Officer from December 2003 through December 2006. Prior to that, from November 1999 to December 2003, Francisco served as
Cognizant's Senior Vice President of North American Operations and Business Development. From March 1998 to November 1999, Francisco served as Cognizant's Vice President of North American Operations and Business Development and as Director of North American Operations and Business Development from June 1997 to March 1998. From January 1996 to June 1997, Francisco was engaged as Cognizant's Consultant.
From February 1995 to December 1995, Francisco was employed as Product Manager at Pilot Software.
Between 1992 and 1995, Francisco 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, Francisco was part of the team that established the software development and maintenance business conducted by us.
Francisco has served on the Board of Directors of General Electric Company since 2013, where he is currently a Member of the Audit Committee and the Science and Technology Committee. Francisco also serves on the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Mellon University, as Co-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The New York Hall of Science and on the Board of Directors of the U.S.-India Business Council and is a member of the Business Roundtable.
Francisco holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Macau and a Master of Business Administration degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
