Michael Gauland
Consultant at Planit Testing
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Top SchoolMichael Gauland is a seasoned software consultant with over a decade of experience delivering robust embedded and application software across industries from air traffic control to seismic risk analysis. He combines hands-on low-level development—writing device drivers, interrupt handlers and bare-metal code—with strong testing expertise, building test strategies, automated frameworks (Python, C/C++) and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines. Michael has a proven track record leading teams and projects to meet functional, schedule and budget goals, and has bridged domain experts and developers as both a published technical writer and university-level instructor. Notably, he contributed to OpenSLAT, a C++/Python seismic loss assessment suite, demonstrating an ability to translate structural engineering requirements into reliable software. Based in Christchurch, NZ, he pairs practical hardware debugging skills (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers) and amateur radio experience with a Stanford MS in Computer Science.
10 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University at BuffaloMS; Computer Science, Computer Science, MS; Computer Science, Computer Science at Stanford University, CaliforniaMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Stanford University
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Github Skills (32)
linux10
mozilla8
nix7
nixos7
android7
nixpkgs6
emacs6
org-babel6
org-mode6
iptc5
malloc5
exif4
metadata4
android-open-source4
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
openslat/SLAT
Nov 2015 - Nov 2017
Contributions:12 commits, 241 pushes, 22 branches in 2 years
openslat/webslat
Jul 2017 - Mar 2019
Contributions:213 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 7 months
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