Roy de Souza (born 1970) is an engineer and writer. He is the co-founder of technology company ZEDO and medical technology company BreakBio.[1][2] In 2022, he was a TEDx speaker.[3] In May of 2023 he and his late wife were honored by the American Cancer Society for Roy's work in personalized medicine.[4]
Roy de Souza | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) Nairobi, Kenya |
| Education | University of Oxford (M.S. in Engineering) Kellogg Business School (M.B.A.) |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Known for | Cancer research (AI Drug Discovery Per Patient) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Father | Fitz Remedios Santana de Souza |
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Education
editHe earned a master's degree in engineering from the University of Oxford and an MBA from Kellogg Business School.[1]
Career
editDe Souza served as a strategy consultant at the COBA Group, a strategy consulting boutique based in the UK.[5][6] He also worked in product management for the Elon Musk-founded web software company Zip2.[7]
De Souza founded technology company ZEDO in 1999.[1][8] In 2006, he founded the company Zebo, an offshoot of ZEDO focused on allowing users to catalog personal possessions and shop for similar items.[9][10][11] De Souza launched online ad exchange ZINC India in 2011, which was originally ZEDO's ad exchange platform in India before becoming a separate company.[12][13][14] He served as the ZEDO's CEO and oversaw the company as it transitioned into a subsidiary of Discovery following its acquisition by Discovery, Inc. in 2021.[15][16][17]
In 2022, he was a TEDx speaker, talking about vaccines to prevent cancer. .[3]
Cancer research
editAfter his wife, Aisha de Sequeira's cancer diagnosis, de Souza became involved in vaccine research to develop a personalized vaccine for her cancer.[1] De Souza went on to co-found medical technology company BreakBio, basing the company in Boston, Massachusetts.[1][2][18] BreakBio develops personalized vaccines[2] and AI software that aids cancer treatments by identifying that difference between normal cells and cancer cells.[19] De Souza and Devabhaktuni Srikrishna also co-authored the book Cancer: What a Personal Crisis Taught Us About How T-Cells Can Save Your Life.[20]
Bibliography
edit- De Souza, R. & Srikrishna, D. (2019). Cancer: What a personal crisis taught us about how T-cells can save your life. BreakBio Corp. ISBN 978-0578548777
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Meet Roy de Souza, the tech entrepreneur who turned personal crisis into war against cancer". Moneycontrol. 20 June 2019.
- ^ a b c "How A Tech Entrepreneur Turned a Personal Crisis Into A War Against Cancer". YPO. August 13, 2019.
- ^ a b "Home". TEDx2022.
- ^ http://womenandwellness.com
- ^ "Goan Voice UK: supplement on Royde Souza". www.goanvoice.org.uk.
- ^ https://nulta.net/2019/03/car-t-cells-new-hope-for-cancer-therapy/
- ^ Otlacan, Otilia (July 12, 2011). "Interview: Zedo CEO Roy de Souza Discusses Ad Exchanges in the Current Marketplace". Ad Tech Daily.
- ^ "Customer Success Stories: Case Studies, Videos, Podcasts, Innovator stories". Amazon Web Services, Inc.
- ^ Staff Writer. "Got Roomfuls of Stuff? Now Sites Will Help Keep Track of It". Gainesville Sun.
- ^ Rosenbloom, Stephanie (September 17, 2006). "A Sense of Belonging Among Belongings". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "If We Build It, We Will Come: Unleash the Power of Crowds in Your Business | Zebo.com | InformIT". www.informit.com.
- ^ "Zedo founder launches online exchange". www.ciol.com. 6 October 2011.
- ^ "Zedo To Spin Off Online Ad Exchange Platform Zinc In India". Techcircle. October 14, 2011.
- ^ Saxena, Anupam (October 17, 2011). "Updated: Zedo To Spin-Off Indian Unit; Not To Form JV With Ad Agency".
- ^ "Discovery, Inc acquires assets of ZEDO".
- ^ "Discovery, Inc. acquires assets of ad-tech co ZEDO". www.thehindubusinessline.com. December 8, 2021.
- ^ "Discovery acquires Zedo's assets". Campaign India.
- ^ Krishnan, Revathi (December 11, 2020). "Aisha de Sequeira — 'daughter of Goa' & Morgan Stanley India co-head who idolised Steve Jobs".
- ^ "BreakBio". forcefamilyoffice.org.
- ^ De Souza, R. & Srikrishna, D. (2019). Cancer: What a personal crisis taught us about how T-cells can save your life. BreakBio Corp. ISBN 9780578548777