Michael Goydich
Information Technology Professional
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Goydich is an experienced IT professional with over a decade of hands-on experience in systems administration, application support, and custom scripting across enterprise Windows and multiple UNIX/Linux platforms. He has a proven track record building servers from the ground up, automating ETL and deployment tasks with languages ranging from C and VB to PowerShell, Bash, and Korn shell, and troubleshooting complex production issues through root-cause analysis. His background spans large organizations including Kroger, LexisNexis, and NCR, and he currently balances technical IT work with operational leadership as Head Cashier at Lowe’s. An active contributor to the HPCC Systems open-source project, he’s improved initialization, remote SSH functionality, and systemd scripts—highlighting a focus on stability and operational efficiency in big-data environments. Michael pairs formal computer science training from the University at Buffalo with practical certifications and a pragmatic, customer-facing support style that thrives on vendor and cross-team collaboration.
12 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Applied Science (AAS), Data Processing - Business, Associate of Applied Science (AAS), Data Processing - Business at SUNY Broome Community CollegeCompTIA Security+, IT Certification, CompTIA Security+, IT Certification at Self studyNew York State Regents diploma - graduated with honors, New York State Regents diploma - graduated with honors at Union-Endicott High SchoolReal estate salesperson pre-licensing, Real estate sales, Real estate salesperson pre-licensing, Real estate sales at Hondros CollegeBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at University at Buffalo
English
Github Skills (7)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
system-administration9
bash8
configuration-management8
xslt7
systemd6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
hpcc-systems/HPCC-Platform
Sep 2014 - Jul 2018
HPCC Systems (High Performance Computing Cluster) is an open source, massive parallel-processing computing platform for big data processing and analytics.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:267 reviews, 217 commits, 425 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the HPCC Systems platform by modifying and enhancing the core system's functionality. They focused on improving the initialization process, including check_status, and made changes to the remote SSH functionality. Further, the user addressed issues with dropzone and listdir in configgen and resolved problems with the eclcc and systemd scripts. They also made improvements to the system's error handling and various configuration files, demonstrating a focus on system stability and operational efficiency.
big-datahpccparallel-processing
Michael-Gardner/hpcc4j
Nov 2015 - Jun 2025
Java based HPCC WebServices Client API project
Contributions:2 reviews, 2 PRs, 486 pushes in 9 years 8 months
api-clientapihpccapi-projectjetty
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