Summary
Michel Thierry is a Senior System Software Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area with 12 years of experience focused on security, kernel-mode drivers, and low-level systems programming in C/C++ and Python. At Apple since 2019 he works on platform security and system software, bringing deep expertise in Linux kernel and IOKit driver development. His background spans rigorous academic training across institutions in the UK, Mexico, and New Zealand, giving him a broad hardware-software perspective informed by electrotechnology and advanced studies. Colleagues rely on him to tackle subtle, high-risk code paths and architect defensible, auditable solutions where correctness and safety matter most. He combines hands-on debugging of complex kernel interactions with pragmatic tooling in Python to speed validation and incident response. Notably, his profile reflects a specialist who prefers solving the hardest, least visible problems that keep systems secure and reliable.
12 years of coding experience
Electrotechnology, Electrotechnology at Auckland University of Technology
MSc, MSc at University of Southampton
BS, BS at Instituto Tecnol贸gico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey