Neal Shields works at SCS/Frigette as the Vice President for Quality Management.  His hobbies are large format photography, camera collecting and repair.  His camera collection ranges from Minox spy cameras, to  cameras which make 8X10 inch negatives. 

Sailing with Volvo Engineers

                    Inventing Auto Security

Signing a letter of intent in China, and

teaching a class in Holland.

 Neal grew up in San Antonio, Texas where he spent a lot of his after school and Saturday time at his father's automotive repair shop.  He dropped out of Keystone School and after living in Atlanta Georgia and pumping gas at night, settled down for a while, traveling the United States teaching automotive air conditioning repair.   He then secured a position with a large auto air conditioning manufacturer as a district sales manager.  He lived in Bolder, Co for a time and also spent some time living in Los Angeles.

Feeling the need for formal education, in 1975 he enrolled in TCU full time as an English major with a History minor.  As a student  he   worked 4 to midnight as a heavy truck mechanic, to pay living expenses and tuition. In 1979 an opportunity came to start a manufacturing company and Neal became the first employee of SCS which grew into SCS/Frigette.  His responsibilities at SCS/Frigette gave him an opportunity to travel extensively and to experience a variety of world cultures.

Truck mechanic and student: 1978

Regional Sales manager  1971

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