MPGInfrastructure architecture
Servers, storage, operating systems, identity, virtualization, lifecycle planning, and operational reliability.
Rochester, New York · Remote-first
Infrastructure, AI systems, and automation built for reality.
Michael P. Goodman is a technology architect, systems problem-solver, and entrepreneur who turns ambiguous technical problems into resilient, functioning systems.
28+years in IT
20+years in business
End-to-endsystems thinking
Infrastructure Architecture
Network Engineering
Windows & Linux Systems
AI Infrastructure
Automation & Applications
Resilience & Recovery
01 / Capabilities
Broad enough to see the system. Deep enough to fix it.
Technical work is rarely isolated. Infrastructure, security, data, software, and operations have to function together.
Network engineering
Routing, DNS, Wi-Fi, segmentation, remote access, packet-level diagnostics, and performance analysis.
Windows & Linux systems
Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, Ubuntu, services, command-line administration, and automation.
AI infrastructure
Local inference, GPU workstations, Ollama, retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, and agent systems.
Automation & applications
Python, Bash, FastAPI, JavaScript, dashboards, APIs, OCR, geocoding, quoting, and data workflows.
Resilience & recovery
Root-cause analysis, backup architecture, disaster recovery, bare-metal restoration, and continuity planning.
02 / Selected work
From concept to functioning prototype.
Selected projects demonstrating practical engineering, experimentation, and operational judgment.
01
Sovereign local AI systems
A self-hosted AI architecture exploring local inference, persistent vector memory, controlled tool execution, process supervision, and explicit operational safeguards.
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02
Property Quote Engine
A practical web application for property-service operations, combining address geocoding, verifiable property enrichment, customer-confirmed features, server-side rate calculation, and quote persistence.
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03
Infrastructure diagnosis and recovery
Hands-on systems work spanning enterprise Windows environments, Active Directory, networking, virtualization, intermittent-fault analysis, backup redundancy, and bare-metal recovery planning.
Discuss an infrastructure problem →03 / Engagement process
A consistent way of working through hard problems.
Every engagement — a short diagnostic or a multi-month build — follows the same disciplined path from symptom to sustainable system.
01
Discover
Understand the environment, constraints, stakeholders, and what "working" actually needs to mean.
02
Diagnose
Isolate root cause rather than symptoms — logs, packet captures, configuration audits, and reproducible tests.
03
Architect
Design a solution sized to the real constraints — resilient, explainable, and maintainable after handoff.
04
Build
Implement with version control, staged rollouts, and rollback plans — automation over repetition.
05
Harden & transfer
Document, test failure modes, and transfer operational knowledge so the system outlives the engagement.
04 / Profile
Technical judgment shaped by real operating constraints.
My work sits at the intersection of infrastructure engineering, software automation, artificial intelligence, and entrepreneurship. I have spent decades learning how systems fail, how to isolate the actual cause, and how to build solutions that can be maintained after the prototype is over.
That path has run from computer hardware and Windows Server infrastructure through networking, virtualization, and managed IT services into technology entrepreneurship — I am founder and president of Computer Service Specialists Of New York in Rochester — and now into private AI infrastructure and human-computer interaction.
I am particularly interested in remote senior roles and fractional engagements involving infrastructure architecture, AI deployment, automation, security-minded systems design, and technical troubleshooting.
MCSE+IITILA+Network+Windows ServerUbuntuDockerPython
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05 / Contact
Have a difficult system, an ambitious prototype, or a role that needs judgment?
Tell me what you are trying to accomplish, what is failing, or what you need built.