Leslie Blumenfeld

Leslie Blumenfeld has a diverse range of work experience spanning over several years. Leslie's most recent role was as a Technical Lead - Analytics at Integrated Data Services, Inc., starting in February 2018. Prior to that, Leslie worked at Meridian Technologies as a Business Analytics Practice Manager from May 2011 to February 2018. During this time, Leslie provided technology leadership and vision for business analytics and major BI client projects, managed BI partner relationships, and served in customer-facing, business solutions, and architecture roles.

From October 2007 to March 2011, Leslie worked at Fortegra Financial as the Director of Application Development. In this role, Leslie was responsible for the application development and application technology for a division of a leading financial services company. Leslie transformed the application development group to facilitate the rapid delivery of B2B and B2C web applications and managed staff for the web, legacy, and BI/data warehousing development groups.

Before joining Fortegra Financial, Leslie held a role at Strategic Technologies as an Executive Practice Manager from September 2000 to August 2007. In this position, Leslie directed applications development and custom solutions within the consulting services practice, provided pre-sales and business development support, and offered technology vision, solutions management, business analysis, and technical consulting services to clients' executive management and business areas.

Prior to that, Leslie served as the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Advantiv, Inc from March 1998 to August 2000. In this role, Leslie held overall responsibility for all facets of information technology throughout the corporation, defined go-to-market and long-term technology strategies, and delivered infrastructure and products for collaborative planning and automated procurement services.

Leslie's work experience also includes a role as a Project Manager at GATX Logistics from October 1994 to March 1998. In this position, Leslie managed major information system implementations as part of major customer operational site startups and acted as the liaison between IT, external customers, site management, and other company members.

Leslie Blumenfeld holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science with concentrations in Artificial Intelligence and Database Systems from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Prior to that, they completed their Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Fredonia. Additionally, Leslie has obtained various certifications related to Qlik software, including "Qlik Partner Ambassador" from Qlik in August 2021, as well as certifications such as "Qlik Sense Certified Data Architect," "QlikView 11 Certified Designer," "QlikView 11 Certified Developer," and "QlikView Sales" from QlikTech.