Citrix Appoints Francis deSouza to Board of Directors
December 11 2014 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) today announced the addition
of Francis A. deSouza, technology industry veteran and president of
Illumina, a leading biotechnology company, to its board of
directors, effective immediately.
deSouza began his career at IBM’s TJ Watson Research Center and
went on to consult on technical and change management projects with
Gemini. Later, he founded two technology companies, both of which
were acquired, and spent time at Microsoft before serving in five
different executive roles at Symantec, including group president,
enterprise products and services.
Today deSouza serves as president and as a member of the board
of directors of Illumina, a global leader in genomic sequencing and
array-based technology.
“Francis is a great technology visionary with broad experience
in scaling and leading both entrepreneurial startups and large
enterprises,” said Mark Templeton, president and CEO for Citrix.
“I’m excited to have someone with Francis’ combination of global
enterprise expertise, technology depth and business acumen on the
board.”
deSouza holds Bachelor and Masters of Science degrees in
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and will serve on the Strategy Committee of
the Citrix board of directors.
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