Aruna Iyengar
About Aruna Iyengar
Aruna Iyengar is a Senior Associate in Enterprise Data Engineering at Fannie Mae, with extensive experience in data management and application development.
Title and Current Role
Aruna Iyengar holds the position of Enterprise Data - Data Engineering - Senior Associate at Fannie Mae. She operates from the Washington D.C. Metro Area. In this role, she is responsible for the design, development, testing, and deployment of the Enterprise Data Catalog (EDC) platform, actively participates in adapting agile methodologies for application development, and provides technical guidance to ensure product quality and compliance.
Employment History
Aruna Iyengar has a robust career history in various roles. Prior to joining Fannie Mae, she worked as an Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Engineer at Agilex Technologies (Accenture Federal Services) in 2014 for six months. She also served as a Domain Architect at Fairfax County Public Schools from 2005 to 2014 and worked as a Programmer Analyst at both Insystech Inc. (2003 to 2005) and American Management Systems (1998 to 1999). Each position was based in the Washington D.C. Metro Area.
Education and Academic Background
Aruna Iyengar earned a Master of Science (MS) in Information Systems from George Mason University. Additionally, she holds both a Bachelor of Science (BSc) and a Master of Science (MSc) in Chemistry from the University of Mumbai. Her diverse educational background has equipped her with robust technical and analytical skills.
Key Projects and Initiatives
At Fannie Mae, Aruna Iyengar led several significant initiatives. She orchestrated the development and deployment of the EDC platform and led the analysis, design, and implementation efforts for the Collibra application to meet the Enterprise Data Management team's requirements. She successfully established Collibra on the AWS cloud platform and defined a RACI matrix for team roles and responsibilities.
Awards and Certifications
Aruna Iyengar has been recognized for her contributions and excellence at Fannie Mae with awards such as the 'Platinum' beat award as the EDC Product Owner and the 'Data Principles Cup' for optimizing metadata management processes. She also achieved certifications up to Collibra Expert Level III. Her peers and managers have acknowledged her work through multiple recognitions under the Beat program.