Priya Shastri, a Senior Engineer in the Cloud efficiency and Optimization team under the
Developer Engineering Organization at GEICO. She has been a software engineer for 18+
years and brings in lots of experiences working in software teams. She attributes the number of
years to her capable mentors and guides. She believes that mentorship is the key to career
growth. One has to work with the community to gain mentors and advocates.
She has received several certifications in the AWS and Azure cloud spaces. Recently she has
started blog writing and likes to teach. She has taught 4 courses on AI which are published on
the UDEMY platform.
She is an avid Toastmaster part of District 101. She has served on several non-profit boards like
the Lynbrook Grad Night Boosters as Vice President in the year 2023-2024 and Area Director
D57-F19 at toastmasters.org, Treasurer/Secretary of “The WIT Network Northern California
Chapter” also known as the Women in Tech Network in 2023-2024.
She is a public speaker and recently spoke at Women Impact Tech in July 2024 in San
Francisco, CA, and at the American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin(ASEI) in Sept 2024 at
Cal State University Forum in Fullerton, CA.
Her passions include blog writing and volunteering. She is a problem solver and believes in
reaching a consensus before coming to a decision. She believes in the power of community and
the strength of people.
She wants to be the voice of the people and seek equal opportunity in the area of housing in the
district. She is particularly disturbed by the sprawling buildings that are coming up in West San
Jose and around. She believes in helping the elderly and providing safety for the people of
Saratoga. She believes that doing the right thinking can find solutions to most problems. Taking
enough time for every problem will definitely provide a solution.
Given a chance, she vows to bring in uniqueand viable solutions for the problems currently in
the Assembly District.
She is the Parks and Recreation Commissioner in the City of Saratoga CA currently 2024-2028.
She was the Heritage Preservation Commissioner from 2021-2024.
She is reachable at priya.shastri@gmail.com/priyashastri@geico.com and on linkedin at
https://linkedin.com/in/priyashastri for further questions.
Hi! How are you?
My name is Priya Shastri, I am a resident of Saratoga since 2017.
I have lived and worked in the Bay area since 2004. I have two boys one in college and another in middle school.
Most of my experiences have been shaped by interacting with colleagues at work.