Neal joined American Glass Research in 2010 as part of the West Analytical Services acquisition. Neal was an employee of West, which had previously existed as Monarch Labs since 1988. Neal serves on the ASTM F40 Committee on Declarable Substances in Materials and is a member of the Microprobe Analysis Society. Besides his managerial duties Neal specializes in the areas of X-ray Fluorescence and Electron Microscopy. Neal earned a Masters degree in Biology and Electron Microscopy from Hofstra University and he obtained his Bachelors of Science degree in Biology from Marquette University.