Neal '79 Named to 2017 ASQ Fellows

Mark Neal is Vice President of Global Development Quality for Abbott Cardiovascular and Neuromodulation (formerly St. Jude Medical). He has more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of Quality and regulatory compliance. Mark’s career has been predominantly in complex electro-mechanical, software driven embedded systems, associated disposables and applications software in high reliability and human safety critical products from concept to development and distribution. Prior to his current role, Mark was Vice President, Quality at St. Jude Medical Neuromodulation Division and has held Quality leadership roles at Baxter Healthcare, GE Healthcare, Alcon Laboratories, Adaptec, Abbott Diagnostics and Texas Instruments. Mark served in the U.S. Army as an Ordnance Corps ammunition and nuclear weapons officer after obtaining his B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Mark L. Neal, of Prosper, TX, was recently awarded ASQ Fellow status along with 17 other members of the worldwide organization dedicated to and passionate about quality. ASQ is a global community of people dedicated to quality who share the ideas and tools that make our world work better.

ASQ Fellows represent diverse industries on a global scale. The 2017 Fellows come from companies and organizations such as Abbott, GlaxoSmithKline and Xerox. ASQ currently has nearly 650 active Fellows.

Mark Neal, received Fellow membership status for significant contributions to the Quality profession in quality principles, reliability, safety/risk management and process improvement used in high reliability, safety critical, embedded systems and exceptional long-term corporate leadership in the application of Quality principles in products to save or improve lives and contributions to ASQ Software Division.