Francis deSouza
CEO & Founder
IMlogic Inc.
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.
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