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“Niel is a very knowledgeable, results oriented manager that wields a
great deal of influence accross organizations. He is personable and
easy to get along with. He is well respected by his peers and
subordinates. His knowledge of integrated circuits, cameras, optics,
image quality, Asian and domestic IC and camera vendors is second to
none.” -
Bill Hardin, Sr R&D Manager, Boston Scientific
“Niel is a highly motivated professional who works tirelessly to
improve the state of imaging products. He is an effective leader and
manager, and I have enjoyed working with him both at SMaL Camera and
Boston Scientific.” -
Jason Sproul, Principal Imaging Systems Engineer, SMaL Camera Technologies
“I had the pleasure of working with Niel on various projects at
Sarnoff. Niel has always been an extremely competent and resourceful
team member who has the ability to drive new and challenging
technologies forward. Niel's commitment to the program progress is
unwavering and he consistently exceeded the ambitious goals of the
projects.” -
Peter Coyle, Member of the Technical Staff, Sarnoff Corporation
“Niel has deep knowledge of imaging systems and technology. He built
and ran a development group which succeeded in making superior
endoscope camera systems.” -
Al Couvillon, Vice President, Endoscopy, Boston Scientific
“Niel is a goal oriented leader who manages to keep the long term
objective in his sites without loosing track of the details. One of the
best things I liked about working for Niel was that you could have a
conversation about the details of a circuit and, if you asked, he could
tell you how those details tied into the overall strategic objective of
the project. He's a rare mix of driven and accessible - something that
seems to become exceeding rare as the pressures the accomplish larger
and larger goals become greater.” -
Paul Mosinskis, Design Engineer, Dialog Semiconductor
“Niel is a great person to work with. He brings to every discussion a
highly motivated, entrepreneurial spirit with technology and business
savvy.” -
Abhik Huq, Director, Law, Sarnoff Corporation
“Niel is a deep technical expert, who is able to direct teams to
quickly converge on elegant, sustainable and manufacturable solutions
to tough research problems. He has an ability to keep several threads
current, allowing him to to provide strong leadership on technical and
strategic issues. He met aggressive project time lines by successfully
coordinating distributed design teams and supply chains from India,
China and Japan. A prolific innovator, he led the team to develop 6
invention disclosures in one year. He is able to motivate teams to work
long hours where needed. Niel always made our jobs exciting” John Kummailil, Manager, Imaging Systems, BSC