Francisco D’Souza

Frank D’Souza is a technologist, investor, entrepreneur, tech services pioneer, and thought leader in applying emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, to create new business opportunities. He is co-founder and managing partner of Recognize, a technology investment platform. Leveraging his experience leading successful businesses, Frank helps Recognize portfolio companies grow purposefully and operate seamlessly. Prior to Recognize, Frank co-founded and served as CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions, a global multinational technology services company. In his 26 years at the company, including 12 as CEO, Frank helped scale Cognizant to over 280,000 employees with more than $16 billion in revenue. Frank is regularly consulted by leaders, boards, and the media for his understanding of the human dimension of advanced technologies and their impact across industries. Through Recognize, Frank convenes the CEO Innovation Network, an invite-only group dedicated to mentoring and connecting the next generation of tech services chief executives.

Frank serves as chairman of the board of Ciklum, a leading custom product engineering company, and TORC, a specialized network of nearshore remote software developers. He also serves as a director of Blend360, a premier data science solutions provider, and MongoDB, a software company that offers a modern general-purpose database platform. Frank is a senior advisor to Banco Santander where he was instrumental in incubating its best-in-class digital payments solutions provider, PagoNxt. Frank previously served as a fellow of the World Economic Forum and chairman of its IT and Electronics Governors Community. He is a trustee and alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University and advisory board member of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. He previously served as a board director of General Electric. Frank earned a BBA from the University of Macau and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business.

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