Rakesh Bantu
About Rakesh Bantu
Rakesh Bantu is the Director of Digital Transformation (DevOps) at Fannie Mae in Reston, Virginia, with extensive experience in DevOps and software engineering.
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Rakesh Bantu is the Director Of Digital Transformation (DevOps) at Fannie Mae in Reston, Virginia, United States.
Current Role at Fannie Mae
Rakesh Bantu is currently leading the digital transformation efforts at Fannie Mae, focusing on Agile and DevOps practices in the Underwriting and Capital Markets portfolios. His role involves driving innovation and efficiencies in software delivery and operations through Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) frameworks for over 500 applications.
Previous Positions at Fannie Mae
Before his current role, Rakesh served in several capacities at Fannie Mae. He was the Sr. DevOps Manager - Capital Markets & Underwriting from 2018 to 2021 in Herndon. Prior to that, he managed Development Services as a DevOps Manager from 2013 to 2018 in Reston. He also led as a Systems Engineer for seven years from 2006 to 2013.
Earlier Career
Before joining Fannie Mae, Rakesh Bantu accumulated valuable experience in various roles. He worked as a Senior Consultant at GSS America from 2000 to 2006 and as a Software Engineer at Glare Software Solutions Pvt Ltd from 1997 to 1999.
Education and Expertise
Rakesh holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Mechanical Engineering from Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University. His technical expertise includes implementing enterprise continuous delivery practices, automating software delivery processes, and employing microservices architecture and container technology. He has also shown significant leadership by managing a team of 70 resources dedicated to CI/CD framework development at Fannie Mae.