Board and Staff

C. R. (Rick) Baugh, Ph.D.
C. R. Baugh and Associates
Web:  www.crbaugh.com

EDUCATION

University of Illinois, 1970, Ph.D., Computer Science
University of Illinois, 1967, M.S., Electrical Engineering
Michigan State University, 1965, B.S., Electrical Engineering

BIOGRAPHY/INTERESTS

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Since 1991, Dr. C. R. Baugh has been an independent consultant, assisting businesses with advanced technology consulting in the telecommunications industry.  He has been a founder and early contributor to more than seven startup companies.  He has worked with numerous start up and medium-sized companies in a wide range of technologies for wireless voice, and wireless data, network protocols, and voice over IP products services, and network designs.

In 1990, he was recruited by Teknekron Communications Systems as Director of Engineering to start a new development center concentrating on Network Management software for the corporation in Bellevue. 

In 1987, Dr. C. R. Baugh joined Boeing as Chief Engineer and head of engineering in a Boeing start‑up for communications products supplied to the telephone industry.  He also initiated an ISDN based digital data product and a digital radio system for provisioning telephone service in the rural areas as a replacement for copper wire. 

In 1981 he moved to Racal Datacom as Senior Director where he initiated new products in compressed speech, high-speed modems, asynchronous transfer mode data communications, ISDN, and commercial encryption. In addition he managed network management software development and coordinated the technical communications standards and FCC regulatory participation.  

Dr.  C. R. Baugh joined Bell Laboratories in 1970 where he did pioneering work in digital voice communications and signal processing and in 1977 became a Supervisor of PBX software development.

Dr. Baugh invented fundamental technology for ISDN.  He received theIEEE Centennial and IEEE Outstanding Service Awards.  He has 14 patents granted, written more than 20 technical publications, and presented numerous technical lectures and short courses on telecommunications technology.  He was elected a Fellow of the IEEE for his pioneering "contributions to modern digital communications techniques in computers and telephony".

AU  SABLE  INSTITUTE  BOARD

Rick joined the Au Sable Institute board because of his enjoyment of science and a deep conviction that a person can make a significant contribution to the welfare of others’ lives by doing their professional work with excellence.  People discover a profound passion for their career when they realize that Jesus would probably describe what their industry produces for society as a form of loving your neighbor.  The Au Sable Institute can foster progress on both of these critical issues for an individual. 

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