Ted Kremenek
Director, Languages And Runtimes at Apple
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolTed Kremenek is a seasoned language and runtime engineering leader with 18 years at Apple, now serving as Director of Languages and Runtimes in San Jose. He has led teams responsible for compiler frontends and language support across Swift, Objective-C, C, and C++, and was the principal architect of the Clang Static Analyzer that ships in Xcode. Ted combines deep research roots—a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford—with hands-on contributions to the Swift Foundation core libraries, including KVO APIs and complex string/NSString handling. He is known for translating compiler research into production-quality tools and frameworks that shape developer experiences across Apple's platforms.
18 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los AngelesDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Stanford University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (13)
swift10
foundation-sites10
foundation10
api-design9
strings9
c-string9
objcective-c8
objective-c8
interop8
testing7
ios6
clang-static-analyzer6
cocoa6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
swiftlang/swift-corelibs-foundation
Feb 2014 - May 2021
The Foundation Project, providing core utilities, internationalization, and OS independence
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & iOS Developer
Back-end Developer & iOS DeveloperContributions:1 review, 65 commits, 31 PRs in 7 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Ted primarily contributed to the Swift core libraries, focusing on improving the Foundation framework. They implemented new APIs for KVO (Key-Value Observing) and adjusted test cases related to Foundation. The user also addressed string handling, including new string types, NSString extensions, and applying transforms, and made changes to various parts of the Foundation framework, including NSError and NSArray.
tvostranslationinternationalizationfoundationindependence
Cisco-Talos/clamav-bytecode-compiler
Aug 2007 - Mar 2010
ClamAV Bytecode Compiler
Contributions:3986 commits in 2 years 7 months
compilerclamavbytecode-compilerbytecode
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