Roy de Souza
Born1970
Nairobi, Kenya
NationalityIndian
EducationUniversity of Oxford (M.S. in Engineering)
Kellogg Business School (M.B.A.)
OccupationEngineer
Known forCancer research (AI Drug Discovery Per Patient)
Parent

Roy de Souza (born 1970) is an Indian 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 http://womenandwellness.com for Roy's work in personalized medicine.

Education

He earned a master's degree in engineering from the University of Oxford and an MBA from Kellogg Business School.[1]

Career

De Souza served as a strategy consultant at the COBA Group, a strategy consulting boutique based in the UK.[4][5]

De Souza also worked in product management for the Elon Musk-founded web software company Zip2.[6]

De Souza founded technology company ZEDO in 1999.[1][7] In 2006, he founded the company Zebo, an offshoot of ZEDO focused on allowing users to catalog personal possessions and shop for similar items.[8][9][10] 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.[11][12][13] 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.[14][15][16]

In 2022, he was a TEDx speaker, talking about vaccines to prevent cancer. .[3]

Cancer research

After 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][17] BreakBio develops personalized vaccines[2] and AI software that aids cancer treatments by identifying that difference between normal cells and cancer cells.[18] 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.[19]

Bibliography

  • 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Meet Roy de Souza, the tech entrepreneur who turned personal crisis into war against cancer". Moneycontrol. 20 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "How A Tech Entrepreneur Turned a Personal Crisis Into A War Against Cancer". YPO. August 13, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Home". TEDx2022.
  4. ↑ "Goan Voice UK: supplement on Royde Souza". www.goanvoice.org.uk.
  5. ↑ https://nulta.net/2019/03/car-t-cells-new-hope-for-cancer-therapy/
  6. ↑ Otlacan, Otilia (July 12, 2011). "Interview: Zedo CEO Roy de Souza Discusses Ad Exchanges in the Current Marketplace". Ad Tech Daily.
  7. ↑ "Customer Success Stories: Case Studies, Videos, Podcasts, Innovator stories". Amazon Web Services, Inc.
  8. ↑ Staff Writer. "Got Roomfuls of Stuff? Now Sites Will Help Keep Track of It". Gainesville Sun.
  9. ↑ Rosenbloom, Stephanie (September 17, 2006). "A Sense of Belonging Among Belongings". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  10. ↑ "If We Build It, We Will Come: Unleash the Power of Crowds in Your Business | Zebo.com | InformIT". www.informit.com.
  11. ↑ "Zedo founder launches online exchange". www.ciol.com. 6 October 2011.
  12. ↑ "Zedo To Spin Off Online Ad Exchange Platform Zinc In India". Techcircle. October 14, 2011.
  13. ↑ Saxena, Anupam (October 17, 2011). "Updated: Zedo To Spin-Off Indian Unit; Not To Form JV With Ad Agency".
  14. ↑ "Discovery, Inc acquires assets of ZEDO".
  15. ↑ "Discovery, Inc. acquires assets of ad-tech co ZEDO". www.thehindubusinessline.com. December 8, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Discovery acquires Zedo's assets". Campaign India.
  17. ↑ Krishnan, Revathi (December 11, 2020). "Aisha de Sequeira — 'daughter of Goa' & Morgan Stanley India co-head who idolised Steve Jobs".
  18. ↑ "BreakBio". forcefamilyoffice.org.
  19. ↑ 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
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