Summary
Tom Leonard is a seasoned cybersecurity and IT leader with more than 25 years in technology and 14 years in senior leadership roles, currently directing Cyber Security Strategy for Beth Israel Lahey Health. He blends hands-on technical know-how with proven people, project, budget, and vendor management experience across healthcare and financial services. Tom has led large infrastructure transformations—virtual datacenter migrations, SaaS and cloud adoption, and enterprise security programs including phishing campaigns, penetration testing, and DLP—while managing multi-million-dollar IT budgets. He is pragmatic about risk and resilience, having moved DR from cold-site processes to cloud-based recovery and introduced remote access and unified communications at scale. Known for being detail-oriented and versatile, he mentors cross-functional teams and aligns technology initiatives tightly to business goals. Based in Boston, he pairs deep operational experience with a long track record of delivering on-time, on-budget outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
35 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at Bridgewater State College