12/12/2025
We are delighted to finally announce that Brian Beyer, the fearless leader of Hellbender Inc., joined the Korion Board of Directors earlier this year! Korion collaborated with Hellbender from the start, as Anna was attempting to perform audio engineering herself in the University of Pittsburgh Makerspace. The Hb team provided critical support to bring Anna's product vision to life, not only contributing the engineering tools and knowhow, but also helping to strategize and building low-fidelity prototypes to get into the hands of early investors before developing fully functional electronic stethoscopes. All of this support Hb provided when their company was also just getting started, knowing that Korion had raised less than $5k and might not be able to pay them back for their contributions. We are forever grateful that Hellbender took a chance on us and has been the backbone of our engineering wing, providing both expertise, ingenuity, kindness, and laughs right when they are needed most. Today, Hellbender is an equity-holding member on our capitalization table and is considered a co-founder of Korion.
Anna, Akshaya, and other Korion team members are deeply appreciative of Brian Beyer's guidance and steady support throughout our journey, noting that he is an active ally to minoritized populations and he approaches problems with brilliance, creativity, humanity, humility, open-mindedness, and good-natured humor. Brian has resolved many stressful situations and explained engineering and business concepts patiently and without prejudice. Over the years, we have come to rely on his presence and steady hand. Also, Anna loves his dog Lyle. Here's a bit more about Brian:
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Brian Beyer is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Hellbender Inc, a Pittsburgh-based computer vision and Internet of Things (IoT) original design manufacturer, working closely with Korion on hardware development and engineering. Hellbender was founded to support IoT and computer vision startup companies by engineering and manufacturing products in the United States. Previous to founding Hellbender, Mr. Beyer served as the Chief Product Officer for Carnegie Robotics, specializing in the development of commercial products focused on rugged sensor payloads, inertial navigation systems, and autonomous robotics applications. Mr. Beyer is a former USMC active-duty NCO and ARNG infantryman with over 12 years of service. During Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, he served as an Assault Section Leader for Bravo Company 1st Battalion 2nd Marines in Task Force Tarawa.
