Summary
Thierry Thomas is a seasoned software engineer and FreeBSD ports committer with over 22 years of experience building, porting and packaging Unix applications and supporting Oracle-based systems. Based in the Greater Lyon area, he combines deep UNIX expertise with a long track record of technical expert and contractor roles across industries including energy, logistics and sports. As a longtime FreeBSD contributor since 2004 he maintains production-quality ports and understands open-source release and maintenance workflows end-to-end. His background spans the full development lifecycle from requirements to post-implementation support, with particular strength in Unix portability and packaging challenges that many teams find opaque. Unusually, he pairs this systems-level craftsmanship with community trust work as a CAcert assurer, reflecting attention to operational security and identity assurance. Practical, dependable and detail-oriented, he excels at stabilizing legacy systems while enabling sustainable evolution.
22 years of coding experience
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English, French, German, Arabic