Thierry Carrez
General Manager, LF Europe at The Linux Foundation
Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Summary
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Top SchoolThierry Carrez is a seasoned open source leader and engineering executive with 15+ years steering large-scale infrastructure projects and 25 years involved in free/open source communities. As General Manager for LF Europe and OpenInfra, he blends hands-on backend and release-management expertise—demonstrated in long-term contributions to cornerstone OpenStack projects like Glance, Cinder, Neutron and Swift—with strategic oversight of engineering, product and community functions. Known for “cat herding” complex developer ecosystems, he has a deep practical grasp of release processes, rootwrap/security hardening, and cross-project governance. Thierry pairs a systems engineering background with a sociotechnical curiosity about how economics and community dynamics shape open innovation, and he even serves in civic roles locally, reflecting a commitment to pragmatic public service.
15 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer, Mechanical Systems engineering, Engineer, Mechanical Systems engineering at Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC)School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science at University of Pennsylvania
English, French
Github Skills (16)
version-control10
configuration-management10
release-management10
service-provider10
openstack10
backend10
service-design10
back-end-development10
python10
networking10
openstack-swift10
testing10
subprocess9
devops9
cicd8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
openstack/glance
Feb 2011 - Nov 2019
OpenStack Image Management (Glance). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:45 commits in 8 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Thierry primarily focused on versioning and release management tasks within the OpenStack Glance project. Their commits involved updating version strings in configuration files and `setup.py`, indicating a role in preparing releases. Additionally, the user made code changes related to the image upload process and testing infrastructure, demonstrating their involvement in backend functionalities and system maintenance. The user's contributions included bug fixes and code improvements across multiple project files.
opendevglanceimage-managementopenstack
openstack/cinder
Sep 2012 - Nov 2019
OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits in 7 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Thierry primarily contributed to the OpenStack Cinder project, specifically working on features related to rootwrap. Their work involved porting changes from nova-rootwrap, including moving filter definitions, fixing test execution, and removing executable bits. Additionally, they deprecated the root_helper option in favor of rootwrap_config and added support for deprecation messages in the code. These changes indicate a focus on improving the security and maintainability of the Cinder service.
cinderblockchainopendevblock-storageopenstack
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