He has also contributed to CNN Underscored, writing kitchen product and consumer technology reviews.
Perlow spent ten years as a technology consultant for Bankers Trust, Canon, and Sharp Electronics.
Perlow was an Advisory Architect for IBM Global Technology Services' Server Optimization and Datacenter Relocation practice from September 2007 to December 2012.
From 2017 to 2020, he held Technical Architect and Threat Researcher positions at Dimension Data and Proofpoint, Inc. Perlow founded the eGullet food discussion community along with food writer Steven Shaw in August 2001[4] and was its sole financial supporter, proprietor, and technologist.
It became the eGullet Society for Culinary Arts and Letters, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity, and he joined its Board of Directors.