Charlie Bass (engineer)

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]

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]

  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 – via ProQuest.
  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 – 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