Neal Lester is a Technical Applications Manager with 16 years in software engineering and a long career blending public health and technology. Based in Los Gatos, he has led integration and performance work—particularly fax subsystems and application monitoring—for healthcare firms and now manages technical applications at LA Care Health Plan. His background as a founder of niche startups and an MPH in Industrial Hygiene gives him a rare mix of entrepreneurial product sense and rigorous safety/compliance thinking. Neal’s career began in industrial hygiene and environmental science, which informs his methodical approach to systems reliability and occupational health integrations. He’s comfortable navigating regulated healthcare environments while driving pragmatic engineering improvements and performance tuning.
16 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Washington Center in Pasadena
Pasadena City College
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Earth and Space Sciences, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Earth and Space Sciences at University of California, Los Angeles
Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), Industrial Hygiene, Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), Industrial Hygiene at UCLA School of Public Health
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