Richard (Dick) Bayles

Developer of SalesNet, Bayles had an extremely varied career, beginning with his first experiences with computers at Project Mac at MIT and his work at Lincoln Labs. He then joined the startup of what became National CSS, Inc. (NCSS), a major timesharing company in the 1960s–80s, until its acquisition by Dun & Bradstreet in 1979.

He has been a jack of all trades at NCSS, from heading up program development and building new data center facilities, to even becoming the Controller of the company. He then developed SalesNet, after which Bayles left D&B to join Alan Brigish in another startup called Videolog.

When Videolog was sold to Schweber Electronics, he became a consultant at Capital Cities/ABC, working on a number of projects there until it was reorganized. He then worked for Fairchild Publications, which was part of Disney. When Bayles left Disney, he continued to work on various new projects on an opportunistic basis.