Francis deSouza is a veteran of Instant Messaging with a history of successfully bringing products to market in startups and large organizations. Francis is the founder and CEO of IMlogic Inc., a provider of enterprise IM applications and a member of the Boards of Agital, eDial and Infolenz. Prior to founding IMlogic, Francis ran Microsoft's Real-time Collaboration Group and was responsible for Exchange Instant Messaging, NetMeeting, Exchange Conferencing Server and Exchange Chat. Before Microsoft, Francis was the co-founder and CEO of Flash Communications, a provider of a patented federated Instant Messaging client/server product (the world's first) for the enterprise market. Microsoft acquired Flash in 1998. Mr. deSouza was previously a Senior Consultant in the C4 (Communications, Computers, Consumer Electronics and Content) practice with Gemini Consulting and advised senior clients across Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Mr. deSouza has worked in R&D at IBM T.J. Watson Research Labs and the MIT Media Lab. Francis has a BS and an MS from the MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.