LEO LESLIN
IT Director
Manama
Summary
Highly-skilled tech leader with over 20 years of extensive experience managing information and communications technology for large organisations. Adept at assessing and implementing optimal technologies for improved operational systems. Accomplished planner with exceptional team leadership abilities to expertly direct high-performing ICT teams.
Comprehensive understanding of client’s needs for the proper management and delivery of projects. Adept in analyzing information system needs, evaluating end-user requirements, custom designing solutions, troubleshooting for complex information systems management. Distinction of developing and implementing “Hospital Information Systems” in various hospitals. Proficient in coding and casemix classification, patient reporting system. Deft at moulding the HealthCare application to meet JCI Accreditation Standards.
Hands on experience in implementing Microsoft Dynamics GP and D365. Distinction of developing “Land Registration & Revenue System”. Excellent troubleshooting skills with proven abilities in planning and managing resources.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
19
19
Certification
Work history
Director of IT
American Mission Hospital
Manama
03.2013 - Current
- Developed comprehensive IT Strategy as 3 years plan and delegated individual resources for various projects
- Chairman of IT Steering Committee for the last 5 years
- Mentoring the development team, support team and network team for supporting the infrastructure and different application environments
- Prepared budget for IT service management, included various constraints and expansion of the hospital, considered the requirements of 4 branches and proposed projects to build realistic budgets with attention to financial constraints
- Driving the team to satisfy the NHRA, ISO and OHSAS certifications
- Took the responsibility of creating and implementing the in-house HIS system called MedCare, starting from the requirement gathering to the final implementation of OP and IP modules
- Implemented the ERP System called Microsoft Dynamics 365 with the support of local vendor
- Fully integrated with our in-house HIS
- Working towards to get the HIMSS EMRAM Level 7 certification for the hospital
- Taking the IT department to next level by attaining HIMSS and ISO-27001 certification
- Conceived and established asset management practices and processes to track all assets from purchase to disposal
- Managing the Dell servers with Checkpoint and SonicWall Firewall
- Having Darktrace AI solution for Cyber Security
- Achieved DR facility for various applications and servers
- Managing various in-house application developments
- Tracking the daily tasks with in-house developed Task Tracking system
- Maintaining various out sourced projects and support contracts
- Project Planning and Project Management
- End user training
- User document preparation
- Giving presentation to the end users and top management
- Mentoring the resources to keep the project in line with the dates.
Sr. Software Engineer
Survey & Land Registration Bureau
Bahrain
02.2011 - 03.2013
- Developed Property Registration system for the core business and Task Tracking system for Human Resource
- Both are in-house development
- Takes care of full Life Cycle Application Development
- Requirement gathering, Designing, Coding and Debugging of the application
- Project Planning and Project Management
- Development of various MIS reports
- End user training
- User document preparation
- Integrating the Property Registration system with Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0, invoice creation and fees calculations are seamlessly integrated with GP 10.0
- Daily basis support on the system and maintaining the software functionality
- Giving presentation to the end users and top management
- Constantly monitoring the transactions and the process flow in different Directorates in Bahrain
- Mentoring the other resources to keep the project in line with the dates
- Different types of KPI are developed for HR apart from the Task Tracking system
- Payroll Reports are generated from the Oracle System of Civil Service Bureau using linked server concept in SQL Server
- Various HR reports are generated based on the data provided by Civil Service Bureau.
Sr. System Analyst
Almoayyed International Group
Bahrain
03.2008 - 01.2011
- Understanding customer needs with the existing GP modules and developing reports and customizing GP forms based on the requirements
- Documenting changes – mainly changes in appearance and usage of screens and bug fixes, enhancements and change requests
- Developing .NET applications to integrate with GP through eConnect
- Developing stand alone .NET applications using .NET SDK provided for GP
- Understanding the business process of the customer and implementing the same by adding the additional functionalities on top of existing GP process
- Preparing and estimating the customization involved for the ERP project
- Requirement gathering, Designing, Coding and Debugging of the application
- Making sure the deployment and workflow is aligned with the industry process standards
- Deployment of the customized packages in timely fashion
- Sharing the knowledge with other team members
- Integrating GP transactions with other platforms like Sybase, Oracle, MySQL, etc
- Building a positive client relationship while understanding the customers’ business process and during the development.
Sr. Computer Programmer
International Hospital of Bahrain
Bahrain
02.2002 - 12.2007
- Developed Appointment system, Doctors Module, ADT, Nursing, OT, Insurance and many other clinical modules
- Coding, preparing unit test plans, testing and reviewing the same work products for peers
- Identifying and analyzing existing bugs/issues and fixing them as required
- Responsible for analysis, business logic, database design, GUI, application development and managing team
- Mentoring junior team members on a regular basis
- Integrating all departments of practice
- Giving comprehensive, continuous access to all information across the enterprise
- Using latest standards such as ICD 10 for Diagnosis, CPT codes for the procedures and CDT codes for the Dental procedures
- Overall trying to meet the JCI Accreditation standards
- Creating MIS reports regularly for management purpose
- Constantly improving the performance and modifying the system according to the requirement
- Giving presentation to the doctors and nurses about the product as well as any changes in the system
- Responsible for maintaining the source code versions of all team members through Visual Source Safe
- Dealing directly with business users to gather and clarify the requirements
- Member of Medical Records Panel to gather issues and business processes on weekly basis
- Responsible for the full life cycle application growth.
Software Engineer
Almoayyed International Group
Bahrain
02.2000 - 02.2002
- Understanding the existing application as part of reverse engineering phase and reporting/analyzing existing issues
- Designing, coding and testing the new application along with providing support to the client team during implementation
- Was leading a clinical module consisting of 3 junior team members and was responsible for task allocation, follow-up and review, mentoring, ensuring process compliance and coordinating with onsite client-side coordinator on a daily basis
- Documenting changes – specifically changes in appearance and usage of screens and bug fixes, enhancements and change requests.
Education
MBA (Information Systems) -
Bharathiar University
B.E (Production) - undefined
Govt. College of Technology, Bharathiar University
HSC - undefined
St. Joseph’s Hr. Sec School
SSLC - undefined
St. Joseph’s Hr. Sec School
Skills
- Strategic thinking
- Risk mitigation planning
- People Management
- Effective communication
- Technical leadership
- Project Management
Certification
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), 2024
- Mayo Clinic Values Based Leadership, 2023
- Mayo Clinic Fundamentals of Quality Improvement, 2023
- MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Digital Transformation – From AI, IoT to Cloud, Blockchain and Cybersecurity, 2022
- Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO), 2022
- Certified Digital Health Leader (CDHL), 2022
- Project Management Professional (PMP), 2022
- Rhapsody 6.8 Associate Certification, 2022
- ITIL 4 Foundation, 2020
- Professional Scrum Master I, 2020
- Electronic Medical Records from Ashworth College, 2018
- Dynamics Specialist (GP9.0 Modifier with VBA), 2010
- Dynamics Specialist (MRMS Store Operations & Head Quarters), 2010
- Dynamics Specialist (CRM4.0 Installation & Deployment), 2010
- Dynamics Specialist (CRM4.0 Customization & Configuration), 2010
- Dynamics Specialist (GP10.0 Installation & Configuration), 2009
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (Office SharePoint Server 2007), 2009
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (SQL Server 2005), 2008
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (.Net Framework 2.0 Windows Applications), 2007
Personal Information
- Passport Number: S3042809
- Title: MBA, CHCIO, CDHL, PMP, ITIL, CISM
- Date of birth: 02/14/1977
Languages
English
Fluent
Accomplishments
- I was awarded as Employee of the year in 2016 for the outstanding performance in AMH.
- We won HealthTech Breakthrough Award in Feb 2024
https://www.thepowerlist.me/2024/DSC05351.html
- We won Middle East Technology Excellence Award under the category Information Management - Healthcare by Asia Business Review.
https://healthcareasiamagazine.com/event/healthcare-asia-awards#page-past-winners/
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Director of IT
American Mission Hospital
03.2013 - Current
Sr. Software Engineer
Survey & Land Registration Bureau
02.2011 - 03.2013
Sr. System Analyst
Almoayyed International Group
03.2008 - 01.2011
Sr. Computer Programmer
International Hospital of Bahrain
02.2002 - 12.2007
Software Engineer
Almoayyed International Group
02.2000 - 02.2002
B.E (Production) - undefined
Govt. College of Technology, Bharathiar University
HSC - undefined
St. Joseph’s Hr. Sec School
SSLC - undefined
St. Joseph’s Hr. Sec School
MBA (Information Systems) -
Bharathiar University
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