Neil has designed a wide variety of technical and software solutions in a range of fields including the film, TV and telecommunications industry.
With a background in mathematics and computer science, he was a founder of and later managing director of Sohonet, whose award-winning high-speed network interconnects the film and media industries of Hollywood, London, New York, New Zealand and Australia.
He was also a key member of two other companies (Lightworks and the Computer Film Company) which in each case used innovative software to pioneer new digital markets and applications.
Neil has received a scientific and technical Academy Award for his work on the Lightworks digital film editing system, and a BKSTS technical and scientific award for contributions to the media industry.