PAUL LESLIE
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Paul Leslie is an accomplished federal IT business leader, leveraging more than 25 years of experience as president and COO of Apptis. He brings extensive technical expertise and business insight into the challenges of federal government contracting and has a track record of aligning company offerings to meet those challenges.  He has proven leadership experience in business development, mergers and acquisitions, operational excellence, strategic planning, and extensive Federal market operations. 

Paul has a solid track record of successfully building companies for substantial market growth. Prior to joining Apptis, he served as president and CEO of Apogen Technologies, a federal sector IT services and technology company with a focus on homeland security and defense. Paul led Apogen’s accelerated business expansion through an impressive combination of organic growth and strategic acquisitions.  Paul has also served in executive level positions at several prominent federal integrators EDS, BDM International, TRW, and BTG.  

During his career, Paul has also been responsible for building numerous high profile and successful systems. He led the development of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR electronic filing system, and the national blood product manufacturing information system for the American Red Cross.

At Electronic Data Systems (EDS), he designed and developed electronic filing and financial systems for government and commercial customers, and led the development of complex system prototypes for benchmark and live test demonstrations for programs within the Department of Defense. He also developed customer-focused strategies that aggressively expanded BTG and BDM’s software and systems development and integration practice.

Paul graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Boston State College.