Neal Weinstock
CEO at Soliddd Corp
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNeal Weinstock is an experienced CEO and entrepreneur with 11 years of documented experience leading Soliddd Corp and a multi-decade career spanning media, business development, and executive leadership. Based in New York, he has held senior roles including chairman/CEO at Kerner New York and co-founder/VP of BridgeCo, demonstrating a blend of strategic growth, marketing, and operational execution. Neal pairs business leadership with hands-on product sensibility—evidenced by UI-focused contributions to the popular open-source OpenRocket project, where he improved icons, dialogs, and chart export functionality to enhance user experience. His background includes editorial and analyst roles that underpin strong communication and market insight skills often missing in tech founders. An advisor to LightCode Photonics, he also brings experience mentoring emerging deep-tech ventures. Neal’s long professional arc and Northwestern BS reflect both entrepreneurial grit and a pragmatic, design-minded approach to product and company building.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Science (BS) at Northwestern University
Github Skills (8)
javas10
user-interface10
ui-design10
graphical-user-interface10
java10
human-interface10
modeling4
aerospace4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
openrocket/openrocket
Jul 2021 - Jan 2023
Model-rocketry aerodynamics and trajectory simulation software
Role in this project:
UI Designer
UI DesignerContributions:7 reviews, 60 commits, 45 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Neal primarily focused on updating the user interface elements within the OpenRocket software. They revised the icons used for various components, such as stages, pods, and boosters, to ensure consistency with the overall design theme. Additionally, the user made changes to dialog boxes, including the license and welcome dialogs, and implemented a new feature for exporting chart images. These changes indicate a strong emphasis on improving the visual presentation and user experience of the application.
pythonopenrocketsimulationdiscrete-event-simulationsimulator
neilweinstock/openrocket
Feb 2022 - Mar 2025
OpenRocket simulation software
Contributions:6 PRs, 159 pushes, 53 branches in 3 years 2 months
crosswordpythonopenrocketsimulationsimulator
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