Speaker Neil Patel

Neil Patel is the co-founder of JamraPatel, a studio that specializes in the development of fonts for African writing systems. Prior to his work as a type designer he worked as a semiconductor process engineer for ten years. This experience informs his approach to increasing support for underserved writing systems in mainstream computing. Neil develops keyboards and software tools to help communities utilize computers and mobile devices to propagate their scripts and preserve their written content.