Michael Didner
Licensing, Entitlements And Provisioning Manager at Siemens EDA (Siemens Digital Industries Software)
Apex, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Didner is an experienced technology and operations leader with over two decades delivering large-scale SAP and enterprise IT programs, currently managing Licensing, Entitlements, and Provisioning at Siemens EDA. He has led global teams of 50+ developers, analysts, and project managers through major migrations including ECC to S/4HANA and SAP HANA moves, while integrating acquired products such as Mentor. Michael combines an MBA and certifications (APICS, ITIL, PMP) with hands-on development skills in ABAP, Java, and firmware-level contributions to notable open-source projects like tianocore/edk2, where he improved TPM 1.2 support for broader platform compatibility. Known for translating corporate strategy into actionable roadmaps, he excels at risk-informed decision making, vendor negotiations, and building cross-cultural high-performing teams. His background uniquely spans commodity and MRO purchasing, real estate project management, and deep SAP technical leadership, giving him a rare blend of business, procurement, and low-level engineering perspective.
17 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
BSBA, Marketing, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, BSBA, Marketing, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources at Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business SchoolMBA, MBA at Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMBA, Information Systems, FInance, MBA, Information Systems, FInance at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBSBA, Business, BSBA, Business at Washington University in St. Louis
Github Skills (12)
c1710
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tmp10
embedded10
tpm10
c1110
edk210
sys10
strings9
c-string9
bios9
acpi8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
tianocore/edk2
Jan 2009 - Dec 2022
EDK II
Role in this project:
Backend Engineer
Backend EngineerContributions:4 releases, 385 reviews, 795 commits in 14 years
Contributions summary:Michael's commits primarily involved updates to TCG drivers for TPM 1.2 devices within the EDK2 project. The user replaced TPMCommLib with Tpm12DeviceLib to support TPMs connected to various buses and removed usage of IoLib and Mmioxx calls. These changes make the module more generic and portable. They also added several TPM 1.2 commands, including Tpm12Extend(), Tpm12PhysicalPresence(), Tpm12ContinueSelfTest(), Tpm12GetCapabilityFlagPermanent(), and Tpm12GetCapabilityFlagVolatile(), that were required by other TCG modules.
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tianocore/edk2-platforms
Oct 2016 - Nov 2022
EDK II sample platform branches and tags
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer
Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:12 reviews, 23 commits, 2 PRs in 6 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on updating and improving the EDK II sample platform branches and tags. Their contributions involved modifying existing code, specifically addressing issues related to string handling and safe functions within the Vlv2TbltDevicePkg and QuarkPlatformPkg. They also fixed a CLANG compiler issue and updated SMBUS values in several silicon packages. The commits demonstrate a strong focus on low-level system programming and platform-specific firmware development.
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