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
Front End
React/NextJS, SolidJS/SolidStart
Back End
Cloudflare Pages, Workers, KV, R2, D1
Embedded
TinyGo
Raspberry Pi
Mini-flare
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)
font 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
Made with 💕 in Zionsville, Indiana