Galen Hunt
Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGalen Hunt is a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft with nearly three decades of systems and research experience, focused on operating systems, security, and innovation. He has progressed through research and leadership roles at Microsoft since the late 1990s, blending deep technical authorship with product-facing engineering and partner research management. A serial inventor and security advocate, he brings a researcher’s rigor to large-scale systems design while shepherding practical deployment and partner ecosystems. Based in Bellevue, he pairs technical leadership with mentorship—particularly supporting emerging Black leaders—and a grounded personal commitment as a husband, father, and active member of his faith community.
9 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
The University of UtahPh.D., M.S., Ph.D., M.S. at University of RochesterAssociate of Science - AS, Associate of Science - AS at Utah Tech University
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (15)
capstone9
microsoft9
detours9
api9
monitoring8
windows8
x868
reverse-engineering7
x86-647
decompile7
dotnet7
arm7
risc-v7
decompiler7
compiler3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
galenh/reko
Aug 2024 - Aug 2024
Reko is a binary decompiler.
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
bugale/Detours
Oct 2024 - Oct 2024
Detours is a software package for monitoring and instrumenting API calls on Windows. It is distributed in source code form.
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
snmpapiwindowscallsdetours
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