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'''Alexis Leon''' (born 19 July 1966) is an Indian [[Information technology consulting|software consultant]]<ref>{{cite web|title=‘Just ERP won’t do’|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-eworld/just-erp-wont-do/article1112303.ece|newspaper=The Hindu Business Line|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref> and author of 50 books on [[information technology|IT]], [[Internet]], and [[management]].<ref name=TH>{{cite web|title=Internet GURU|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/internet-guru/article641184.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Language policy and IT growth|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/ew/2007/10/15/stories/2007101550040200.htm|newspaper=The Hindu Business Line|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sleepless over ‘people’ worry?|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/ew/2007/10/29/stories/2007102950050200.htm|newspaper=The Hindu Business Line|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref> Several of his books are included in the syllabuses of various universities in Africa, Europe, and Asia.<ref name=TH /><ref>{{cite web|title=Software Engineering References|url=http://www.win.tue.nl/~wstomv/edu/2ip30/references/|publisher=Eindhoven University of Technology|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Restructured Syllabus in History|url=http://mgu.ac.in/CBCSS/BAHISTORY/History%20Syllabus%20%20(CBCSS)New.htm|publisher=Mahatma Gandhi University|accessdate=9 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203060129/http://mgu.ac.in/CBCSS/BAHISTORY/History%20Syllabus%20%20(CBCSS)New.htm|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Course syllabus: Systemkonfigurationshantering|url=http://edu.bth.se/utbildning/utb_kursplan.asp?Kurskod=PA1307&RevisionsNr=2&format=pdf|publisher=Blekinge Institute of Technology|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref> His publications are also used as reference books in many organisations.<ref>{{cite web|title=LBC Library|url=http://lhcb-doc.web.cern.ch/lhcb-doc/library/library.htm|publisher=CERN|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref> His bestsellers are ''Internet for Everyone'' which has sold more than 200,000 copies and ''A Guide to Software Configuration Management'' which was the ''[[Artech House]] Bestseller'' for two years.<ref name=TH /> Two of his books were translated into [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]].<ref name=CR /> He is also a mentor at International Mentoring Network Organization.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview: Alexis Leon|url=http://www.imno.org/articles.asp?qid=209&sid=3|publisher=IMNO|accessdate=9 January 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140109095918/http://www.imno.org/articles.asp?qid=209&sid=3|archive-date=9 January 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Leon lives in [[Kakkanad]], [[Kerala]].<ref name=TH /> He passed [[B. Tech.]] in industrial engineering from [[University of Kerala]] with first rank,<ref name=MCH>{{cite web|title=The Natural Intelligence of Alexis Leon|url=http://mheducation.co.in/librarians/annoucement/assets/alexis_leon.doc|publisher=McGrawHill Education India|accessdate=9 January 2014|author=Madhavankutty Pillai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109074903/http://mheducation.co.in/librarians/annoucement/assets/alexis_leon.doc|archive-date=9 January 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and then took [[M.Tech.]]<ref name=ERP>{{cite web|title=ERP system alone isn’t enough to compete in this e-business age|url=http://www.hindu.com/holnus/006200801291401.htm|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref> He suffered a vehicle accident in 1993 which left him [[Paralysis|paralysed]] from chest down and confined to a [[wheel chair]].<ref name=TH /><ref>{{cite web|title=Alexis Leon's Journey from Dark to Light - A Way to Follow for All|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/chan/exclusive_arch.asp?ex_id=748|publisher=[[Daijiworld Media]]|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref> It was after the accident that he took to writing books.<ref name=TH />

Leon is a member of the [[Association for Computing Machinery]] (ACM), the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] (IEEE), the [[IEEE Computer Society]], the [[Institute of Industrial Engineers]] (IIE), the [[Modern Language Association]] (MLA), the [[CALICO (consortium)|Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium]] (CALICO), the [[Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering]] (IIIE), and the [[Computer Society of India]] (CSI).<ref name=CR>{{cite web|title=Featured Reviewer: Alexis Leon|url=http://www.computingreviews.com/todaysissue/todaysissue_featured.cfm?reviewer_id=123000|publisher=Computing Reviews|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.alexisleon.com Personal website]
*[http://www.hindu.com/holnus/006200801291401.htm The Hindu interview with Alexis Leon]
*[http://www.vikaspublishing.com/author-details/alexis-leon/3111 Author profile: Alexis Leon]

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