Leonard Mensah
Computer Support Specialist at NL Health Services
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolLeonard Mensah is a cybersecurity-focused IT professional with 12 years of hands-on experience blending systems administration, threat detection, and end-user support across healthcare, nonprofit, and enterprise environments. Currently supporting NL Health Services’ IM&T Service Desk, he pairs frontline problem-solving with strategic security practices earned through certifications like CompTIA A+, Security+, CySA+ and Google Cybersecurity. Leonard has a track record of reducing incident response times and privilege misuse through SIEM-driven monitoring, automation, and least-privilege enforcement, and has led vulnerability remediation and risk-reduction initiatives that measurably improved compliance. Beyond security operations, he has built scalable educational tech—deploying Raspberry Pi learning servers and sneaker-net solutions for tens of thousands of users—demonstrating an ability to deliver resilient systems in constrained networks. He communicates complex security concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and designs training programs that increase incident reporting and security awareness. Based in St. John’s, NL, Leonard brings a pragmatic, proactive mindset that emphasizes prevention, user empowerment, and durable infrastructure.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
SSCE, Visual Arts, SSCE, Visual Arts at Aggrey Memorial Senior High SchoolDiploma of Education, Cybersecurity Analyst, Diploma of Education, Cybersecurity Analyst at Willis CollegeAdvanced Diploma in Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering, Advanced Diploma in Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Aptech Computer Education
English, fante
Github Skills (37)
kotlin10
java10
audio10
go10
apk10
realm10
planet10
android-app10
android-studio10
raspberry-pi10
learning-management-system9
bluetooth9
backbone9
vagrant8
backbonejs8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
OLEGHANA/VSO_TEST
Jul 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:411 PRs, 295 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 2 months
open-learning-exchange/myplanet
Apr 2018 - Nov 2021
🌕 myPlanet android app reads data from 🌎 for offline use as well as it collect usage data and sends them back to the Planet.
Contributions:752 releases, 13 reviews, 212 commits in 3 years 8 months
android-appandroid-studioapksyncplanet
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