Infrastructure architecture
Servers, storage, operating systems, user accounts, virtualization, upgrade planning, and keeping it all running.
Rochester, New York · Remote-first
Michael P. Goodman Infrastructure, AI & 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, network zones, remote access, packet tracing, and speed tuning.
Windows & Linux systems
Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, Ubuntu, services, command-line administration, and automation.
AI infrastructure
Running models locally, GPU workstations, Ollama, private document search (RAG), vector databases, and AI agents.
Automation & applications
Python, Bash, FastAPI, JavaScript, dashboards, APIs, OCR, geocoding, quoting, and data workflows.
Resilience & recovery
Finding the real cause of problems, backups, disaster recovery, full system restores, and keeping the business running.
02 / Selected work
Selected projects, from concept to functioning prototype.
Selected projects that show hands-on engineering, testing, and sound judgment. They range from private AI and system recovery to open research and local business websites.
01
SPHERE Virtual Lab (SPHEREVL)
A browser-based metrology lab simulator, the Control Room, where visitors operate, break, and troubleshoot simulated equipment such as a thermal-vacuum chamber, a rubidium frequency reference, a network analyzer, and a laser vibrometer. It is an educational simulation, not a source of real measurements. Release notes on its project page update automatically from GitHub.
02
Sovereign local AI systems
A self-hosted AI system that runs models locally and keeps long-term memory. It runs tools under strict control, watches its own processes, and has clear safety limits.
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03
Property Quote Engine
A web app for property service firms. It finds the address on a map, adds verified property details, and lets the customer confirm features. Then it works out the price on the server and saves the quote.
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04
Infrastructure diagnosis and recovery
Hands-on work with Windows networks, Active Directory, virtualization, hard-to-find faults, backups, and full system recovery.
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Project S.P.H.E.R.E.
An open, proposal-stage research project that asks whether an object’s resonant frequency depends on where it sits. The plan uses copper spheres, laser vibrometry, and a shielded, temperature-controlled setup, treats the idea as an unverified hypothesis, and commits to publishing results either way.
06
spheredesci.org — the project website
The public home of Project S.P.H.E.R.E.: the research protocol, budget and funding transparency, measurement research articles, hardware guides, an FAQ, and community channels, built to keep every claim and cost open to review.
07
Fields Of Green — lawn care & landscaping, Rochester NY
A website for a family-owned lawn care and landscaping company serving Rochester and Monroe County, covering mowing, seasonal cleanups, landscape design, and full-service maintenance plans, with local SEO and a free-quote path for homeowners.
08
Open-source projects on GitHub
S.P.H.E.R.E. Control Room v2 is an interactive metrology laboratory simulator built with Vite, React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, with an in-browser Spatial Field Explorer for reviewing simulated experiment records. spheredesci.org is the public, MIT-licensed source for the Project S.P.H.E.R.E. website, a static HTML site with Python build tools deployed on Cloudflare Pages.
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
Michael P. Goodman: 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 served as president of Computer Service Specialists Of New York in Rochester from 2014 to 2024 — and now into private AI infrastructure and human-computer interaction.
I am most interested in remote senior roles and part-time (fractional) work in infrastructure design, AI deployment, automation, secure systems, and tough troubleshooting.
MCSE+IITILA+Network+Windows ServerUbuntuDockerPythonCCIM
View my ORCID profileRead the full biography and career timeline → · How Michael P. Goodman started in business
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05 / Contact
Have a hard system, a prototype, or a role that needs judgment?
Tell me what you are trying to accomplish, what is failing, or what you need built.