Seth Neiman

Seth Neiman
Born	(1954-06-27) June 27, 1954 East Liverpool, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, professional racecar driver
Years active	Mid-1980s–present
Known for	Founder of Brocade Communications Systems; Team principal of Flying Lizard Motorsports

Seth Neiman (born June 27, 1954) is an entrepreneur in the American technology sector, a venture capitalist based in California, and a professional racecar driver.

He currently leads Flying Lizard Motorsports as the team principal, competing in the United SportsCar Championship. Neiman makes his home in San Francisco, California.

Early Life

Neiman’s origins trace back to East Liverpool, Ohio, and he grew up in Dayton, Ohio. He earned a Bachelor's degree in philosophy from Ohio State University and went on to undertake graduate studies specializing in computer science.

Professional Career

During the mid-1980s, Neiman held the position of system architect at Maxitron Corporation located in Marin County. Later, he advanced to Vice President of Product Development at Dahlgren Control Systems in San Francisco. In 1988, he assumed the role of Vice President of Product Development for Sun Microsystems’ TOPS Division, where his focus was on network file server technology.

In 1994, Neiman became part of the venture capital firm Crosspoint Venture Partners and eventually rose to general partner before his departure. The following year, he founded Brocade Communications Systems. He has played a leading investor role and served on boards for several broadband networking firms such as Foundry Networks, Avanex, iPass, Shoreline, Juniper Networks, and NexPrise.

Since 2011, Neiman has been Chairman of eSilicon Corporation and has served as a Director at AlephCloud Systems Inc. beginning in 2013. Additionally, he holds a directorship at Emotient, Inc., a company specializing in facial expression recognition technology.

Motorsports Career

In 2003, Neiman established Flying Lizard Motorsports. Driving for Porsche in the ALMS GT2 category, he secured third place in GT2 at the 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans. The next year, he finished fourth at Le Mans and ranked ninth overall in ALMS GT2 points. He also competed in four Touring Car races within the SCCA World Challenge series.

The 2007 season saw him place tenth in ALMS standings but fail to complete the Le Mans race. In 2008, Neiman achieved his best career finish by placing fifth in ALMS GT2 points and sixth at Le Mans. In 2009, he again did not finish at Le Mans but ended seventh in ALMS points.

Neiman returned to compete with Flying Lizard Motorsports in 2010 and participated for the first time in the 24 Hours of Daytona, finishing ninth overall and second within the GT class.

24 Hours of Le Mans Results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Vehicle	Category	Laps Completed	Overall Position	Class Position
Template:24hLM	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Lonnie Pechnik	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT2	323	13th	3rd
Template:24hLM	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Patrick Long	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT2	309	18th	4th
Template:24hLM	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Johannes van Overbeek	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	124	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Johannes van Overbeek	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	289	32nd	6th
Template:24hLM	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Darren Law	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	194	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Darren Law	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	61	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Am	211	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Patrick Pilet Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 997 GT3 - RSR	GTE Am	313	27th	4th
Template:24hLM	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall JMW Motorsport	Template:Country data KSATemplate:Namespace detect showall Abdulaziz Al-Faisal Spencer Pumpelly	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	327	27th	7th

IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races shown in bold denote pole position, Results are presented as overall/class)

Year	Team	Category	Vehicle	Powerplant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final Position	Total Points
2014	Flying Lizard Motorsports	GTD	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi 5.2L V10 engine	DAY 5	SEB 5	LAG 5	DET 13	WGI 7	MOS 14	IND	ELK	VIR	COA 13	ROA 12	22nd place	167 points