Fred Bradley Hunstable (born 1978) is an American businessman and the co-founder and CEO of the electric motor company Linear Labs. Linear Labs was founded by Hunstable in 2014 with his father, Fred Hunstable. Brad is also the co-founder and former CEO of UStream which was sold to IBM in 2016 for $150 million. Hunstable was formerly the founder and CEO of San Francisco, California-based live streaming website Ustream.tv, one of the largest consumer live video sites on the Internet. In 2014, he was honored as one of the SF Business Times "40 Under 40" for the most influential young leaders across the spectrum of Bay Area businesses. In 2016, Ustream was acquired by IBM for a reported $150 million. Ranked among 50 "Digital Power Players" by The Hollywood Reporter in 2010, Hunstable was announced on Variety Producers Guild of America's 2010 Digital 25: Visionaries, Innovators and Producers list for his work at Ustream. Ustream was selected as a PC Magazine Editor's Choice. Notable investors include Softbank, DCM, Frank J. Caufield, and the Band Of Angels. General Wesley Clark serves Ustream.TV's board of advisors. Hunstable is the father of three children. One of them, Hayden, died on April 17, 2020 after committing suicide. The Hunstable family set up the charity Hayden’s Corner, in his honour. Biography Early life Fred Bradley Hunstable was born on September 26, 1978 in Tarrant County, Texas, and grew up in Granbury, Texas, with a younger sister (Ashlee) and a younger brother (Nathan). His parents are Fred Eugene Hunstable, an electrical engineer, and Candace "Candy" Lee Cotter, a school teacher. Since childhood, he has shown an interest in technology. At age 11, he started a small bulletin board system called the Dark Realms with cosysop James Gollehon. Education Hunstable graduated from Granbury High School in Granbury, Texas in 1997. He went on to receive his Bachelor of Science degree in engineering management from the United States Military Academy in 2001. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, working primarily as an operations officer. Later, through the Army, Hunstable attended the Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business where he received his Master of Business Administration degree in finance and real estate in 2005. After West Point Hunstable was required to serve five years in the U.S. Army. He served in various capacities around the world working jobs both for the