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JR was an Olympic swimmer turned business man, who co-founded Outex in 2010 after securing a few patents for an invention to protect electronic gear in the water. Outex water housing systems was founded with his cousin Roberto, a mechanical engineer whom, like JR was passionate about the outdoors, waterspouts, and travel. 

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From student-run KALX to KPCC, Bill Davis recalls a career of defying conventional wisdom By Julie Drizin, Executive Director Photo credit; JR deSouza - using Outex underwater camera housing.  Since retiring from KPCC in February, Davis has discovered that "weekday surfing rocks." A big shift is taking place in public media, and it’s not just digital disruption, mergers and acquisitions, or the explosion of content competing for our viewers and listeners.  The change I’m talking about is demographic. Baby boomers who have spent decades in the field are retiring, and they’re turning over leadership of many local stations — sometimes to a new, more diverse generation, and sometimes not.   

Non-profit uses Outex underwater housings to study bull-trout conservation in Montana.

SwimSwam and Outex co-founders Mel Stewart and JR deSouza sat down for an interview to discuss the launch of the Outex phone pro case and the positive benefits for swimmers and water sports in general. The phone case leverages Outex camera lineage into a waterproof housing for all phone brands, makes, and models, delivering professional grade imaging, a compact and lightweight design, and affordable pricing.