Seth Neiman
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 Seth Neiman of Flying Lizard Motorsports at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans | |||||||||||
| Nationality |  American | ||||||||||
| Born | June 27, 1954 (age 69) East Liverpool, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||
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Seth Neiman (born June 27, 1954) is an American computer industry businessperson and venture capitalist in California, and a professional racing driver.
He is the team principal of Flying Lizard Motorsports, which participates in the United SportsCar Championship He currently resides in San Francisco, California.[1]
Youth[edit]
Neiman was born in East Liverpool, Ohio and grew up in Dayton, Ohio. His mother was Judith Klapper Neiman and father was Ralph Bernard Neiman.[2] The second child of four, he had two sisters and a younger brother.
He graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor's degree in philosophy and did graduate work in computer science.[3]
Business career[edit]
Neiman was a system architect at Maxitron Corporation in Marin County during the mid-1980s,[4][5] and then Vice President of Product Development at Dahlgren Control Systems in San Francisco.[4][6] In 1988, he became Vice President of Product Development for the TOPS Division of Sun Microsystems, that was developing the TOPS network file server system.[4]
In 1994, he joined the venture capital firm Crosspoint Venture Partners, and becoming a general partner before departing.[4] In 1995, he founded Brocade Communications Systems.[3][4] Neiman served as a lead investor and board member of various broadband computer networking companies, including Foundry Networks, Avanex, iPass, Shoreline, Juniper Networks, and NexPrise.[7]
He has been Chairman of the Board of eSilicon Corporation since 2011, and a Director at AlephCloud Systems Inc. since 2013.[4] He is also a Director at the facial expression recognition system company Emotient, Inc.[4][8]
Racing career[edit]
Neiman formed Flying Lizard Motorsports team in 2003. In 2005, he competed in the ALMS GT2 class for the Porsche team as well as finishing third in GT2 class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He finished 4th at Le Mans the following year and finished 9th in ALMS GT2 points for the same team in 2006. He also drove in four SCCA World Challenge races in the Touring Car class.
In 2007, he finished 10th in ALMS and the car failed to finish at Le Mans. In 2008, he captured a career best 5th place in ALMS GT2 points and finished 6th at Le Mans. In 2009, he again failed to finish at Le Mans and finished 7th in ALMS points.[9]
He returned to the Flying Lizards team he owns in 2010, and competed in his first 24 Hours of Daytona, finishing 9th overall and 2nd in GT.[10]
24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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| 2005 | Flying Lizard Motorsports
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Johannes van Overbeek Lonnie Pechnik
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Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 323 | 13th | 3rd |
| 2006 | Flying Lizard Motorsports
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Johannes van Overbeek Patrick Long
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Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 309 | 18th | 4th |
| 2007 | Flying Lizard Motorsports
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 Jörg Bergmeister Johannes van Overbeek
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 124 | DNF | DNF |
| 2008 | Flying Lizard Motorsports
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Jörg Bergmeister Johannes van Overbeek
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 289 | 32nd | 6th |
| 2009 | Flying Lizard Motorsports
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Jörg Bergmeister Darren Law
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 194 | DNF | DNF |
| 2010 | Flying Lizard Motorsports
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Jörg Bergmeister Darren Law
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 61 | DNF | DNF |
| 2011 | Flying Lizard Motorsports
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Darren Law Spencer Pumpelly
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Am |
211 | DNF | DNF |
| 2012 | Flying Lizard Motorsports
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 Patrick Pilet Spencer Pumpelly
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Am |
313 | 27th | 4th |
| 2014 |  JMW Motorsport
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 Abdulaziz Al-Faisal Spencer Pumpelly
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Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Am |
327 | 27th | 7th |
IMSA SportsCar Championship results[edit]
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
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| 2014 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | GTD | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Audi 5.2L V10 | DIS 5 |
SEB 5 |
LAG 5 |
DET 13 |
WGI 7 |
MOS 14 |
IND | ROA | VIR | AUS 13 |
RAT 12 |
22nd | 167 |
Source:[12]
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References[edit]
- ^ Porsche Motorsport News: "All Three Porsche 911 GT3 RSRS Dnf in Start Incident at Baltimore; Dion Von Moltke/Seth Neiman Score First ALMS Gtc Win for #44 Flying Lizard Porsche"
- ^ "Judith Klapper Neiman obituary". Dayton Daily News. January 2, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
- ^ a b "Seth Neiman Managing Partner". Web site bio. Crosspoint Venture Partners. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bloomberg Businessweek.com: Seth D. Neiman, Executive Profile & Biography
- ^ Google Books; Computerworld – Sep 1, 1986 – Page 51. (Maxitron Corp.)
- ^ Suregrave Inc. history, 1994 Dahlgren Control Systems acquisition
- ^ "Seth Neiman". Web page bio. Venture Beat. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
- ^ San Francisco Business Times: Emotient Announces Series B Financing of $6M"; 6 March 2014.
- ^ Seth Neiman, Driver Database, Retrieved 2010-07-22
- ^ Sulka, Mike. 2010 Daytona 24: Grand Am Final Race Results – Porche, Action Express Racing Win!, PaddockTalk, January 21, 2010, Retrieved 2010-07-22
- ^ "Seth Neiman". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ a b "Seth Neiman Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- 1954 births
- Living people
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- American computer businesspeople
- American Le Mans Series drivers
- American venture capitalists
- Businesspeople from Ohio
- Businesspeople from San Francisco
- Racing drivers from Dayton, Ohio
- Racing drivers from San Francisco
- Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
- Sun Microsystems people
- WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
- People from East Liverpool, Ohio