Azzam Sleit is an associate professor with the Computer Science Department, University of Jordan. His research interest includes imaging databases, information retrieval, and distributed systems. Before joining the University of Jordan in 2005, Dr. Sleit was the Chief Information Officer at Hamad Medical / Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health, where he developed and executed the information technology strategy of healthcare. Dr. Sleit has over twenty years of experience and leadership in the information technology field including work at all levels of government, private and international sectors. Before joining Hamad Medical, Dr. Sleit was the Vice President of Strategic Group & Director of Professional Services of Triada, USA. Dr. Sleit served as the Director of Professional Services at Information Builders, USA. Dr. Sleit holds B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science. He received his Ph.D. in 1995 from Wayne State University, Michigan.
