Priti Desai

About Priti Desai

Passionate about building resilient, scalable, and secure CI/CD platforms, I specialize in designing and optimizing continuous integration and delivery systems. With deep expertise in Tekton Pipelines, I have streamlined secure CI/CD workflows for IBM Software, improving developer productivity and software security. My work extends across hundreds of teams, providing highly configurable, prescriptive pipelines tailored to their unique requirements.As a Tekton Pipelines Maintainer and member of the Linux Foundation Program Committee, I advocate for open standards and community-driven development. With a track record of impactful contributions at IBM, I previously led the development of the Symantec Data Analytics Platform, which hosted Symantec’s security intelligence data and predictive analytics applications to protect PCs and mobile devices. Additionally, I have contributed to OpenStack and OWASP, enhancing enterprise security at scale.I thrive in collaborative environments, mentoring teams, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.Always open to discussing open-source contributions, cloud automation, and CI/CD best practices. Let’s connect and build the future of cloud-native development together!

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   IBM

   Apr 2021 — Present

   Technical Contributor and Community Leader, Tekton Pipelines – Architected and delivered critical features including matrix execution support for parallel task orchestration, Kubernetes-native sidecars, resilient error handling, and intelligent retry mechanisms with exponential backoff. Facilitated API and General Working Groups, onboarded new contributors, and established organizational governance documentation standards.Developed an open-source license identification and compliance tool for the CycloneDX project that automates software supply chain security analysis. Built a dual-interface solution in Go providing both CLI and library API capabilities, architecting a modular system with intelligent text processing algorithms to scan files and match licenses against the SPDX License List (supporting versions 3.17-3.26). Implemented core features including license detection, copyright identification, cryptographic hash verification (MD5, SHA256, SHA512), and CycloneDX v1.6 compliant output generation for SBOM integration. Designed for seamless CI/CD pipeline integration with comprehensive test coverage and extensive API documentation, enabling organizations to automate license compliance verification across their software supply chains.

Education

• San José State University

  Master of Computer Science, Computer Science

  2006 — 2007

• Smt. Indira Gandhi College of Engineering

  Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• Configuration Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Openstack
• Linux
• Package Management
• Software Engineering
• Software Development
• Python
• Identity Management
• Keystone
• Big Data
• Unix