Mike Gorchak
Principal Software Developer, Engineering Services, Graphics Team at QNX Software Systems
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Gorchak is a Principal Software Developer with over 22 years of experience specializing in low-level graphics, embedded systems, and device drivers across UNIX, Linux, QNX and Windows platforms. He leads graphics engineering at QNX, working hands-on with a wide range of GPUs (Intel, ImgTec, AMD RDNA2) and has deep expertise porting OpenGL/OpenGL ES and maintaining SDL and TurboVision ports. A seasoned driver and BIOS developer, he has delivered mission-critical realtime and cryptographic systems, including nationally certified crypto libraries and audio/video drivers for QNX. His career blends architecture, implementation and consulting—from tiny 386SX Linux builds for turnstiles to modern GPU integration—showing a knack for squeezing performance out of constrained hardware. An active open-source maintainer, he notably expanded SDL’s QNX Photon driver to support OpenGL ES contexts and text input, bridging legacy embedded platforms with modern graphics stacks. Based in Ottawa, he combines systems-level craftsmanship with practical product delivery across industrial and embedded markets.
22 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Specialist, Software Engineer, Automation Systems, Specialist, Software Engineer, Automation Systems at Kherson National Technical UniversityProgramming, Physics, Chemistry, Math, Programming, Physics, Chemistry, Math at Kherson Applied-Physics LyceumIgor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
English, Russian, Ukrainian
Github Skills (7)
c1710
photon10
opengl-es10
driver10
c1110
multiplatform9
cross-platform9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
SDL-mirror/SDL
Apr 2009 - Nov 2009
Automated mirror of https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:61 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Mike primarily worked on adding and improving the QNX Photon video driver within the SDL library. Their contributions involved implementing OpenGL ES context creation, handling window events, and supporting various pixel formats, including BGR565. They also addressed window resizing issues and enhanced support for text input. Overall, the user focused on expanding the Photon driver's functionality and improving its integration with OpenGL ES.
sdl
llmike/PhMuPDF
Mar 2012 - Mar 2014
Contributions:6 commits in 2 years
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