Summary
Tomas Leon is a decision intelligence leader with 11 years of experience applying engineering and ecological methods to public health decision-making, currently serving as Decision Intelligence Chief for the California Department of Public Health. He specializes in infectious disease modeling, GIS-driven field-to-lab analysis pipelines, and practical applications in WaSH, helminth control, and mosquito-borne disease ecology, having led California’s COVID-19 modeling efforts. A UC Berkeley PhD in Environmental Health Sciences and ongoing lecturer there, he blends academic rigor with operational public health response and climate-science advising for Pacific Island health agencies. Colleagues rely on his ability to translate complex models into actionable policy guidance and to unify transdisciplinary teams across research, surveillance, and field implementation. An early-career international researcher and Fulbright scholar in Thailand, he brings global perspective and hands-on field experience to state-level decision intelligence.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Environmental Health Sciences, Ph.D. Environmental Health Sciences at University of California, Berkeley
B.S. Environmental Engineering Sociology Minor, B.S. Environmental Engineering Sociology Minor at Georgia Institute of Technology