Charlie Bass (engineer)

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Dr.
Charlie Bass
Born1942
United States
EducationM.S.,University of Miami
PhD, University of Hawaiʻi
Known forFoundation of Ungermann-Bass
Scientific career
Fields Electrical engineering
Microprocessors
Computer networking
Institutions University of Berkeley (1972–1975)
Zilog (1974–1978)
Ungermann-Bass (1979–1985, 1986–1987)
Bass Associates(1989) [1]

Charlie Bass, [2] is an American electrical engineer, academic and entrepreneur. He was the co-founder of the networking company Ungermann-Bass in 1979. Led by Ralph Ungermann and staffed by several colleagues from Zilog, [3] Ungermann-Bass helped commercialize ethernet, had a successful IPO, and then was purchased by Tandem Computers.

Bass was also co-founder of Parallan Computer in July 1986, a maker of high-specification, multi-processor servers, [4] [5] and Starlight Networks [6] in late 1990, a software company involved in streaming media and Socket Mobile, Inc. [7] in 1992.

In 1972, Bass received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Hawaii. He has taught at University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Santa Cruz; and Stanford University, and he worked for Zilog. In 1989, he formed his own venture capital company, Bass Associates. Bass is currently an advisor to Rising Tide, a venture capital partnership. [8]

References

University of Hawaii COE Distinguished Lecture Series Charlie Bass: How To Maneuver Venture Capital

  1. ↑ "Charlie Bass | History of Computer Communications".
  2. ↑ Forbes-Charlie Bass [ dead link ]
  3. ↑ Founding of UB Archived August 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Clark, Don (October 25, 1990). "Parallan Computer Enters Hot New Market for Servers". San Francisco Chronicle: C-3. ProQuest   30248363.
  5. ↑ Brown, Bob; Gail Runnoe (February 12, 1990). "Rising Stars II: Observers Eye Net Start-Up Standouts". Network World. 7 (7). IDG Publications: 9, 12, 65. ProQuest   215901042.
  6. ↑ "Online broadcasting". Forbes . Archived from the original on 2023-05-06.
  7. ↑ "Socket Mobile". Archived from the original on 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  8. ↑ Horizon Ventures Archived March 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine


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