Leslie is a professional industrial designer with a B-Tech in Industrial Design (1999) from the University of Johannesburg. He consults as a specialist in product design, prototyping, tooling, production and many aspects surrounding this process of taking product/s to market.

He is currently contracted as Industrial Design Specialist to the Vaal University of Technology. His experience includes 22 years in Industrial Design and product development, 10 of which include Design for Additive Manufacturing, 3D printing, applying biomimicry principles (that form a part of disruptive technologies), Industry 4.0 and new technologies.