Galen Hunt
Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGalen Hunt is a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft with nearly three decades of systems and research experience, focused on operating systems, security, and innovation. He has progressed through research and leadership roles at Microsoft since the late 1990s, blending deep technical authorship with product-facing engineering and partner research management. A serial inventor and security advocate, he brings a researcher’s rigor to large-scale systems design while shepherding practical deployment and partner ecosystems. Based in Bellevue, he pairs technical leadership with mentorship—particularly supporting emerging Black leaders—and a grounded personal commitment as a husband, father, and active member of his faith community.
9 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
The University of UtahPh.D., M.S., Ph.D., M.S. at University of RochesterAssociate of Science - AS, Associate of Science - AS at Utah Tech University
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (11)
microsoft9
monitoring9
windows8
decompile7
arm7
decompiler7
risc-v6
dotnet6
reverse-engineering6
x866
x86-645
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
galenh/tree-sitter-abap
Apr 2025 - May 2025
Tree Sitter Grammar for ABAP
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes in 1 day
galenh/reko
Aug 2024 - Aug 2024
Reko is a binary decompiler.
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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