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Charlie Bass | |
Birth Date: | 1942 |
Birth Place: | United States |
Fields: | Electrical engineering Microprocessors Computer networking |
Workplaces: | University of Berkeley (1972-1975) Zilog (1974-1978) Ungermann-Bass (1979-1985, 1986-1987) Bass Associates(1989)[1] |
Education: | M.S.,University of Miami PhD, University of Hawaiʻi |
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Known For: | Foundation of Ungermann-Bass |
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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.
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]
University of Hawaii COE Distinguished Lecture Series Charlie Bass: How To Maneuver Venture Capital