CEO
Arctura, Inc.
Neal has been a technology leader for more than 25 years. Since graduating from MIT with a PhD in Marine Hydrodynamics in 1993, he has led the development of technologies for a variety of fluid mechanical systems - from submarines and surface ships, to aircraft and America’s Cup yachts. He has performed basic and applied research and he has led product development efforts for the energy, marine, aviation, and defense industries. In 2015, he founded Arctura to commercialize new technologies aimed at reducing the cost of wind energy. Neal grew up in old-town Marblehead, MA, where he learned to race sailboats as a teenager and first gained an appreciation for the power of the wind. He has been a Rhode Islander since 1993, where he and his wife raised their three children.