Charlie Bass (engineer)

Charlie Bass,[2] is an American electrical engineer, academician 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.

Dr.

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

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
  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 – via ProQuest.
  5. Brown, Bob; Gail Runnoe (February 12, 1990). "Rising Stars II: Observers Eye Net Start-Up Standouts". Network World. IDG Publications. 7 (7): 9, 12, 65 – via ProQuest.
  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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