Neil is a native of New Zealand who immigrated to the US at age 17 to attend the Church College of Hawaii (now BYU-HI). He graduated with a BA in History, and eventually joined the United States Air Force (USAF) as a helicopter mechanic.
After receiving his US citizenship, he attended Officer Training School and got qualified as a pilot, flying the T38 as an Instructor Pilot (IP). He went on to fly the F4D and the RF4C. He also flew the F15C, Eagle, as an IP. During his career in the USAF, he earned an MS degree in Aviation Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Neil retired after 23 years in the USAF and went to work for Boeing in Saudi Arabia, where he was Superintendent of the Royal Saudi Air Force, F15 aircrew school.
In 2000 he left Saudi Arabia and founded KiwE Publishing where he’s able to publish more than 80 books, including three of his own, using digital print-on-demand technologies.
Following 9-11, the USAF asked Neil to return to active duty for two years. This resulted in twelve years of additional service as he worked in special technology programs and was asked to extend six times. Following his USAF retirement in 2013, Neil worked as a Lab Manager for MetaShield and led the development of four products for the company to consider marketing. He then filled a contract for Boeing as a courseware writer for F15QA pilots in Qatar.
In 2020, Neil founded SprinTech LLC with inventor William Bickmore. Andrew Lemmon was invited to become the company COO (Chief Operations Officer). Together, the team has proven Bickmore’s patent for releasing DNA from tough Bt spores in under 30 seconds. It is expected that this new technology will revolutionize PCR testing and move new technology into doctors’ offices using a patent pending (Bickmore and Holland) closed cartridge PCR system.