She has over 15 years’ experience in research and development from product design, development and clinical diagnostics trial evaluation. Lesley has experience in implementation science and “big data” analytics, largely driven by the NHLS’s National GeneXpert program. She is the inventor of the “dried culture spot” technology used as a companion molecular TB diagnostic, now distributed to 27 countries through a spinoff company from WITS University called SmartSpot Quality.