Bill Cox

CTO

Mill Valley, California, United States38 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of ViASIC, sold to Triad Semiconductor.
Expert in building secure hardware technologies.
Developed innovative AI coding agents.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in semiconductor and software development with a focus on security and innovation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentSecurityLeadershipTechnology InnovationEntrepreneurshipProgrammingHardware Development

Other Skills

Android Cloud Key Vaultsecure hardwareearly software developmentinventing technologiescoding algorithmsselling productsHDL AnalystASIC mapperplace and route toolsFPGAsSimple Switcher CAD programassembly codeASICSoCEDA

About

I've had the good luck to work with outstanding hardware and software developers, starting in National Semiconductor's Linear group, and later QuickLogic and Synplicity. I founded ViASIC in 2000, sold it to Triad Semiconductor in 2010, and since 2015 worked in security for Google. Over the next five years, I hope to change the world! (that was my last five-year goal, too). Specialties: I build new technologies, typically involving both hardware and advanced algorithms. I developed place and route tools for both FPGAs and ASICs, technology mappers, FPGA and structured ASIC architectures, microcontroller designs, compilers. I also enjoy cryptography, and occasionally run a workshop called, "Write your own crypto, but never use it!" Most recently, I've fofucsed on building AI agents such as CodeRhapsody, and helped SWEs learn how to efficiently use AI coding agents.

Experience

38 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

8 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

15 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Google

SWE

Jan 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

I build new technologies quickly for an amazing manager. The one you probably have not heard of is Android Cloud Key Vault, which protects your Android backup with secure hardware.

Android Cloud Key Vaultsecure hardwareSoftware DevelopmentSecurity

Triad semiconductor

CTO, ViASIC Software Division

Jan 2011 – Present · 15 yrs 3 mos

Early software development from the blank whiteboard stage.

software developmentearly software developmentSoftware DevelopmentLeadership

Viasic

CTO/Founder

Jan 2000 – Dec 2010 · 10 yrs 11 mos

Chief cook and bottle washer. Basically, I do anything and everything from inventing technologies, to coding algorithms, to selling products.

inventing technologiescoding algorithmsselling productsTechnology InnovationEntrepreneurship

Synplicity

Programmer

Jan 1996 – Jan 1999 · 3 yrs

Worked for Ken McElvain, one of the best programmers in the world. Wrote the original schematic generator for HDL Analyst, did some early work on the ASIC mapper.

HDL AnalystASIC mapperSoftware DevelopmentProgramming

Quicklogic

Programmer

Jan 1990 – Jan 1996 · 6 yrs

Worked with a great team developing place and route tools for QuickLogic's early FPGAs. Had a great time.

place and route toolsFPGAsHardware DevelopmentProgramming

National semiconductor

Programmer

Jan 1986 – Jan 1989 · 3 yrs

Wrote original Simple Switcher CAD program, most of the assembly code for the LM628/LM629, and did everything from developing the test patterns to soldering burn-in boards.

Simple Switcher CAD programassembly codeSoftware DevelopmentProgramming