A consultant at IPR since 2004, Neil has been involved in various aspects of IPR’s market sizing and forecasting business as well as the economic and IT leading indicators project. Previously, Neil was a primary research analyst in fiberoptics and photovoltaic technologies at KMI in Newport, RI. He worked for twelve years as a lead economic, political, and risk analyst in the Washington, DC, office of the Japanese trading conglomerate, ITOCHU Corporation. He received an MA in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and holds a BA from Trinity College in Hartford.

With an avid interest in New England colonial history, Neil serves on the boards of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society and Smith’s Castle, a c1678 house museum, and in his spare time enjoys restoring his own 18th century home.