Brett Helm (born May 8, 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a serial entrepreneur and off-road motorcycle racer. Helm is best known for co-founding a series of networking hardware startup companies over the past two decades including IPivot, Coradiant, and DB Networks as well as for winning three SCORE International off-road motorcycle racing championships. Helm is the Chairman and CEO of DB Networks.

Contents

• 1 Career
  • 1.1 United States Air Force
  • 1.2 Entrepreneur
  • 1.3 Investments
• 2 Off-road motorcycle racing
  • 2.1 Off-road racing record
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Career

United States Air Force

Helm entered the USAF in 1988. He attended Officer Training School at Lackland Air Force Base. He graduated from Flight Training School at Mather Air Force Base in 1989. As a B-52 aviator, he flew 26 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield. Helm was awarded numerous commendations during his USAF career, including three Air Medals for combat flying.

Entrepreneur

Helm entered the business startup world as an early employee US West !NTERPRISE Networking Services. He later became an early employee of @Home Network, where he led the formation of @Work its vice president and general manager.In 1997 Helm became a co-founder and CEO of IPivot. IPivot was an early innovator of Layer 7 load balancing and a pioneer in SSL acceleration/SSL offloading. Intel acquired IPivot in 1999 for $500 million. Intel appointed Helm to be the general manager of their newly created Network Equipment Division.In 2000 Helm invested in Sanera Systems and *isted the company in obtaining their first two rounds of funding. Mcdata acquired Sanera Systems for $130 million in 2003.Helm was a co-founder, investor, and Board member in Coradiant. Although Coradiant was professionally funded in 2000, Helm did not become an employee until 2005. Coradiant became the leader in End User Experience Management. BMC Software acquired Coradiant in April 2011 for $135 million. Helm is a co-founder and investor in DB CyberTech.

Investments

Helm invested in IPivot, Sanera Systems, Coradiant, DB CyberTech as well as multiple Venture Capital firms.

Off-road motorcycle racing

Helm is an off-road motorcycle racer. Helm began racing compe*ively in 2005. He races in a cl* for riders over 40 years old. He won three SCORE International off-road racing championships in 2007, 2008, and 2010. He competed in and won three prestigious Baja 1000 (Cl* 40) events in 2007, 2008, 2009. He raced at the famous Bonneville Salt Flats on a dirt bike exceeding 130:mph.

Off-road racing record

See also

• Venture capital
• Startup company
• Entrepreneurship
• Angel investor

References

External links

• 2011 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Face Sheet
• Dust Off-Road Magazine