Eric Helmer serves as SVP & Chief Technology Officer. In this role, he is responsible for advising clients on strategic innovation initiatives that align with financial, technical, and functional long-term corporate goals across applications that include Oracle, SAP, IBM, and Microsoft. These initiatives are designed to maximize the effectiveness of mission-critical enterprise software systems.
Mr. Helmer is skilled executive leader with 25 years of IT experience and proven leadership delivering strategic corporate IT transformational projects. He has a strong track record in designing and implementing technical, complex enterprise technology initiatives that provide real return on investment, competitive advantage, and growth for companies.
Prior to joining Rimini Street, Mr. Helmer was a vice president at Velocity Technology Solutions, where he led the application services team in delivering transformational cloud and IT solutions for Oracle enterprises.
Mr. Helmer has a broad consulting background with firms such as Linium, ADI Strategies, and The Hackett Group, where he delivered successful IT projects throughout the U.S., the U.K., India, the UAE, Singapore, and Thailand.
Mr. Helmer holds a Master’s degree in business administration and a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science. He is a published author; Oracle ACE alumni; and a sought-after, award-winning industry speaker in Oracle conferences. He also has served on many boards of directors, including the Oracle Developer Tools User Group (ODTUG).

Rimini Street, Inc., is a fast-growing global leader delivering unified software support and services. We empower licensees of Oracle, SAP, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce®, and other cloud and locally hosted enterprise software to extract more value from their investments, advance innovation, create competitive advantage, and fuel growth.  Rimini Street's mission is to provide extraordinary technology solutions powered by extraordinary people, which together help our clients achieve their strategic, operational, and financial goals. We believe in the power of extraordinary people and technology to overcome the challenges of a constantly changing world.​ We are pioneers, technologists and advisors who help clients break free from dated models to achieve bold business objectives.​​ We help clients navigate today’s technology and tomorrow’s expectations.​ With nearly 5000 clients served to date, we are the largest independent, enterprise software support and services company. Organizations across a wide range of industries and government entities rely on Rimini Street for 24/7/365 expert-delivered support and services for their mission-critical systems. Our service quality and level of expertise consistently earn us best-in-class customer satisfaction ratings. Our people have earned Rimini Street multiple industry awards for exceptional work quality and customer service. We are proud to be recognized around the world as a Great Place to Work® and for community service efforts via the Rimini Street Foundation. With more than 1,800 team members in 23 countries, we’re a global community guided by our purpose to provide equal opportunity for all. Fueled by our core values for our company, clients, colleagues, and communities, we’re committed to creating a culture that nurtures and rewards a growth mindset in an environment where our people are encouraged to dream big and boldly shape the industry.