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词条 Seth Neiman
释义

  1. Youth

  2. Business career

  3. Racing career

     24 Hours of Le Mans results 

  4. References

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| name = Seth Neiman
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| nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|June 27, 1954}}
| birth_place = East Liverpool, Ohio, U.S.
| module1 =
| Years = {{24hLM|2005}} - {{24hLM|2012}}, {{24hLM|2014}}
| Teams = Flying Lizard Motorsports
| Best Finish = 13th (3rd in class)({{24hLM|2005}})
| Class Wins = 0
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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

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

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

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

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class LapsPos.|Overall PositionClass
Pos.|Class Position
2005{{flagicon|USA}} Flying Lizard Motorsports{{flagicon|USA}} Johannes van Overbeek
{{flagicon|USA}} Lonnie Pechnik
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 323 13th3rd
2006{{flagicon|USA}} Flying Lizard Motorsports{{flagicon|USA}} Johannes van Overbeek
{{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Long
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 309 18th 4th
2007{{flagicon|USA}} Flying Lizard Motorsports{{flagicon|DEU}} Jörg Bergmeister
{{flagicon|USA}} Johannes van Overbeek
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 124 DNF DNF
2008{{flagicon|USA}} Flying Lizard Motorsports{{flagicon|DEU}} Jörg Bergmeister
{{flagicon|USA}} Johannes van Overbeek
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 289 32nd 6th
2009{{flagicon|USA}} Flying Lizard Motorsports{{flagicon|DEU}} Jörg Bergmeister
{{flagicon|USA}} Darren Law
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 194 DNF DNF
2010{{flagicon|USA}} Flying Lizard Motorsports{{flagicon|DEU}} Jörg Bergmeister
{{flagicon|USA}} Darren Law
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 61 DNF DNF
2011{{flagicon|USA}} Flying Lizard Motorsports{{flagicon|USA}} Darren Law
{{flagicon|USA}} Spencer Pumpelly
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTE
Am
211 DNF DNF
2012{{flagicon|USA}} Flying Lizard Motorsports{{flagicon|FRA}} Patrick Pilet
{{flagicon|USA}} Spencer Pumpelly
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTE
Am
313 27th 4th
2014{{flagicon|GBR}} JMW Motorsport{{flagicon|KSA}} Abdulaziz Al-Faisal
{{flagicon|USA}} Spencer Pumpelly
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Am
327 27th 7th

References

1. ^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"
2. ^{{Cite news |title= Judith Klapper Neiman obituary |work= Dayton Daily News |url= http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dayton/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=147521465 |date= January 2, 2011 |accessdate= June 24, 2013 }}
3. ^{{Cite web |title= Seth Neiman Managing Partner |work= Web site bio |publisher= Crosspoint Venture Partners |url= http://www.cpvp.com/inside/sneiman.html |accessdate= June 24, 2013 }}
4. ^[https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=71074&privcapId=240682832 Bloomberg Businessweek.com: Seth D. Neiman, Executive Profile & Biography]
5. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=6dLTc6Wv3Y0C&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=Maxitron+Corp&source=bl&ots=3WLdm81lik&sig=tKuJxTR3eVqkggNf08Y0wXASITQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBmoVChMIxf7i8LOqxwIVCYwNCh1SEQwS#v=onepage&q=Maxitron%20Corp&f=false Google Books; Computerworld - Sep 1, 1986 - Page 51. (Maxitron Corp.)]
6. ^Suregrave Inc. history, 1994 Dahlgren Control Systems acquisition
7. ^{{Cite web |title= Seth Neiman |publisher= Venture Beat |work= Web page bio |url= http://venturebeatprofiles.com/person/profile/seth-neiman |deadurl=yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120322155529/http://venturebeatprofiles.com/person/profile/seth-neiman |archivedate= March 22, 2012 |accessdate= June 24, 2013 }}
8. ^San Francisco Business Times: Emotient Announces Series B Financing of $6M"; 6 March 2014.
9. ^Seth Neiman, Driver Database, Retrieved 2010-07-22
10. ^Sulka, Mike. 2010 Daytona 24: Grand Am Final Race Results - Porche, Action Express Racing Win!, PaddockTalk, January 21, 2010, Retrieved 2010-07-22
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