Hi! I’m Brad Pillow founder and president of PillowSoft LLC. I started PillowSoft in 1996 to create a firm for innovative software development.
Current Tech Stack
Deno/React/Lume
A History
- Senior Software Architect, Qumulex Inc. 2019 - 2022
- Senior Software Architect, WorkHere Inc. 2016 - 2019 (now PivotCX)
- Senior Computer Scientist, Adobe Systems 2001 - 2010
- Co-Founder of Finale Dessert Cafe Inc., April 1993 – August 1998
- Founder of PillowSoft LLC, 1996 - Current
- Co-Founder and Computer Scientist at Truevision Inc, 1987 - 1996
- Computer Scientist at AT&T EpiCenter, 1984 - 1987
- Computer Scientist at Bell Laboratories, 1981 - 1984
Projects
- WebRTC based video security front & back end (Vue, Node, GraphQL, Typescript)
- Front and back end for chat based recruiting application (Ionic, React, Node, GraphQL, Typescript)
- Various QuickTime hardware drivers, codecs, components
- OpenGL for video playback acceleration and effects
- Video device control software for capture, playback, deck control
- Video tools and plugins for 3D Fx Hardware at Pinnacle Systems
- Creator of the TGA image file format
- DV Codec development for Adaptec Inc.
- Motion JPEG Video Capture/Playback for Iomega (Iomega Buzz)
- Development of DV tools for QuickTime for ProMax Inc
- Genetic Programming Add-In’s for Excel
- Photoshop Plugin Development
- Illustrator Plugin Development
- Monte Carlo Tree Search Applications
- Low-level hardware drivers for video codecs
- Technical editor for various books for MacMillan publishing
- Networked .NET based backup and logging facility for corporate security system
- Golang based video server for video security (WebRTC, Go, Browser, Service Workers)
Skill Set
- Mobile Application Development
- Desktop Application Development
- Web Application Development
- Graphics Algorithms
- Image/Video/Audio Processing Techniques
- Embedded firmware development
- Device driver development
- Hardware and software architecture
- Research in Genetic Programming, Machine Learning and Monte Carlo Tree Search
- Current favorite language: Javascript/Typescript
- Have done development in Swift, Objective-C, Ruby, F#, OCaml, Lisp, APL, C/C++, Rust