Les has spent his entire career in the field of technology. As a civil engineer, he has a passion for design and construction of all types of projects including schools, hospitals, power plants, petrochemical, aerospace and manufacturing facilities just to name a few. Early in his career, he got involved in project management which led him to develop software to control scheduling, manpower and resource planning and costs for complex projects.
That led to the co-founding of Primavera Systems which became the leading project management system in the industry. Located in Philadelphia, employing over 500 people, it became the second largest independent software company in the area and the 26th largest independent software company in the US. Today Primavera software is a household name to any project manager in the world who works on large, complex projects.
Les serves on the Board of Directors of the Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia, advising on information technology and marketing, and on the Board of Governors of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering and Project Management from NYU.