Neil Feldman studied Electrical Engineering at Case Western University in Cleveland Ohio. He graduated with Honors in 1977 with a BSEE. Upon graduation he also received the "Theta Tau Award" given by the Delta Chapter of Case Institute of Technology. While an undergraduate he was also elected to both Etta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering) and Tau Beta Pi (Engineering) honor societies.

While at Case Western Neil served for two consecutive years as the General Manager of radio station WRUW-FM. He was also a founding director in the effort to establish a full service public radio station (WCPN) in Cleveland. Upon graduation Neil went to work for Motorola, Inc. at their Portable Products Division in Plantation, Florida. He participated in the design of the PT-500 series of public service VHF transceivers. Later he was selected by the Paging Products Group to be one of two engineers sent to Austin, Texas to work on the first generation Motorola CMOS family of microprocessor products (the 146805 IC series). During this period he designed the MC146818 and the MC146819 CMOS Real-Time Clock chips. As part of this effort he was awarded his first patent (#4,366,560) for a unique automatic Power-Down Detection circuit issued on December 28, 1982. Neil left Motorola in 1980 and briefly served as Chief Engineer for Third Coast Video in Austin. During this time period he became one of the few individuals in America to ever win a case under the FCC's Fairness Doctrine (involving the public television station in Austin.) In April 1981 he moved to Dallas, Texas to begin a new company called Video Post and Transfer.

Neil is a member of the IEEE, SMPTE, SPIE, SBE, and the ITVA. He has served in a variety of positions within SMPTE. He was Dallas Section Chairman for two consecutive terms. He was then elected as one of the Governors for the Southern Region in 1990-91. He served as an At-Large Governor in 1992 and then was re-elected Southern Governor in 1993-94. He became Financial Vice-President in 1996-97. He also served as the National Membership Chairman and on various committees (Education, Sections, Financial and Fellows) during those years.

Neil is also an active amateur radio operator (W3CAF) and private pilot.