Background
Sleit was born on 9 June 1966.
Sleit was born on 9 June 1966.
He also holds a Doctor of Philosophy in computer science from Wayne State University, Michigan, which he obtained in February 1995.
He has been Minister of Information and Communication Technology of Jordan since 21 August 2013. He received bachelor"s degree and master"s degree in computer science and engineering both from King Fahd University. Sleit worked as the Vice President of Strategic Group and Director of professional services of Triada, United States of America. He also assumed Information Technology-related senior management positions in various United States firms including Information Builders, Metropolitan Life , and Electronic Data Systems (European Democrat Students).
He was the Chief Information Officer (Chief Information Officer) at Hamad Medical Organization which is affiliated body of Qatari Ministry of Public Health until 2005.
In 2005, he joined Jordan University and worked as a Professor of Computer Science. His main study fields are imaging databases, algorithms, health information systems and cloud computing.
Form 2007 to 2009 he was also Jordan University"s Vice Chairman and Director of the Computer Center. In a cabinet reshuffle on 21 August 2013 he was appointed to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour as Minister of Information and Communications Technology.
Sleit is currently the dean of Information Technology College at Jordan University.