Massimiliano Dessì -
Principal Software Engineer at Java User Group Sardegna Onlus
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
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Top SchoolMassimiliano Dessì is a Principal Software Engineer based in Cagliari with 11 years of professional experience building cloud-native platforms, supply chain security tooling, and developer workflows at Red Hat. He combines deep Java and Golang expertise with recent Rust work, contributing to high-profile open-source projects like Drools/jBPM integrations and KIE workbenches where he improved Maven build and plugin systems. A seasoned contributor and committer across Apache, OpenSSF and MongoDB communities, he brings practical experience in Kubernetes, OpenShift, Tekton and secure CI/CD supply chains. He founded and led multiple regional developer communities (Java Users Group Sardegna, GDG Sardegna, Spring Italian User Group) and is a frequent conference speaker, signaling strong technical leadership and community-building skills. Less obvious: he often focuses on build-time tooling and POM/enhancer mechanisms—areas that quietly accelerate large teams’ productivity and maintainability.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Java Specialist MasterUniversità degli Studi di CagliariSpringSource UniversityElettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni at I.T.I.S. G. Marconi
English, Italian, sardinian, dothraki, klingon
Github Skills (15)
maven10
dependency-management10
plugin-development10
javas10
drools10
build-automation10
java10
jbpm10
testing9
jtest9
github-repos9
junit9
git-repository9
unit-testing9
cdi8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
kiegroup/kie-wb-common
Jul 2017 - Dec 2020
Shared screens, widgets and services for KIE workbenches.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 25 commits, 47 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Massimiliano primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the `kie-wb-common` repository, focusing on maven related tasks. Their work includes the implementation of the maven incremental compiler, fixes, and improvements in pom migrations. Furthermore, the user made changes related to settings.xml configuration and adjustments to testing procedures.
kiewidgets
kiegroup/droolsjbpm-integration
Jun 2017 - Jun 2020
Drools and jBPM integration with seam, spring, camel, ...
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 14 commits, 18 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Massimiliano primarily contributed to the `kie-maven-plugin` and related testing modules, enhancing the integration of Drools and jBPM with Maven. Their work included enabling the exchange of `KieModuleMetaInfo` between the Maven embedder and the Kie Maven plugin, and developing the `kie-takari-plugin`, creating a new Maven plugin. These contributions involved modifying code related to project classloaders, type metadata, and dependency management, essential for building and managing Drools projects with Maven. The user's efforts focused on improving the build process and extending the capabilities of the existing Maven integration for the Drools and jBPM frameworks.
spring-bootdroolsseamspringcamel
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