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Francis deSouza

President & CEO of Illumina; Leader in Genomic Sequencing

President & CEO of Illumina; Leader in Genomic Sequencing

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Francis deSouza Biography

Francis deSouza was appointed President & CEO of Illumina in 2016 and is responsible for directing all aspects of company strategy, planning, and operations. He initially joined the company as President in 2013, and led Illumina’s business units and core functions responsible for envisioning, developing and producing the company’s products.

Previously, deSouza served as President of Products and Services at Symantec Corporation, where he was responsible for driving the vision for the company’s market-leading portfolio and served in a variety of executive roles. He joined Symantec through the acquisition of IMlogic, where he was co-founder and CEO.

Prior to joining IMlogic, deSouza was co-founder and CEO of Flash Communications, a provider of corporate instant messaging that was acquired by Microsoft. Following the acquisition, he joined Microsoft and led the team responsible for the development of the company’s enterprise real-time collaboration offerings. Named one of Fortune’s 2018 Top Businesspersons of the Year, deSouza serves on The Walt Disney Company board.

Francis DeSouza received a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Francis deSouza Videos

  • SPARK 2021 Opening Remarks from Illumina CEO Francis deSouza
    Illumina CEO Francis deSouza's opening remarks for SPARK 2021.SPARK, presented by Illumina,
  • Illumina CEO Francis DeSouza: Seeing Big Growth In Genomic
    Francis deSouza, Illumina president and CEO, talks about what's driving the company's growth and the unveiling of its $20000 desktop sequencer.
  • A conversation with Illumina's President and CEO, Francis deSouza
    Illumina's President and CEO gives a one-on-one interview about his new role with Illumina.

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