Santanu Dutt
About Santanu Dutt
Santanu Dutt is a Sr. Financial Engineer at Fannie Mae with extensive experience in IT consulting, project management, and financial data analysis.
Title at Fannie Mae
Santanu Dutt currently holds the title of Sr. Financial Engineer at Fannie Mae, working in Washington, District of Columbia. In addition to this role, he functions as a Tech Lead / Architect, Lead Big Data / Hadoop Application Developer in Reston, Virginia, and Systems Analyst V in the Washington D.C. Metro Area.
Previous Roles in Technology Consulting
Santanu Dutt has previously worked at TEKsystems as a Senior IT Consultant / Architect from 2012 to 2013. Prior to this, he served as Technical Project Manager at Powertek Corporation from 2011 to 2012. His earlier roles include working as a Senior IT Developer at Fannie Mae from 2004 to 2011 and as a Senior Consultant at PlatinumSolutions Inc. from 2000 to 2004. He started his career as an IT Developer at Bell Atlantic, where he worked from 1998 to 2000.
Educational Background
Santanu Dutt holds multiple degrees from prestigious institutions. He studied Geology & Geophysics and achieved both MS and BS degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Additionally, he holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business. He completed his ISC from St. Patrick's High School.
Involvement in Digital Incubator at Fannie Mae
Santanu Dutt is part of the Digital Incubator group at Fannie Mae. This group operates as a startup within the company, focusing on innovation and automation of credit evaluation. His experience in mortgage underwriting processes is leveraged to automate and digitize loan applications and validations.
Technical Skills and Specializations
Santanu Dutt specializes in implementing complex business rules and processes in a multi-threaded environment using Enterprise Java to enable real-time business decisions. He utilizes Python libraries, such as Numpy and Panda, for data analysis and employs Amazon AWS Elastic Map Reduce (EMR) to run Apache Spark modules for large-scale data processing and evaluation. In addition, he is involved in a research project to use Deep Neural Network Machine Learning for augmenting credit evaluation using financial data.
Client Engagements and Project Management
Throughout his career, Santanu Dutt has worked with various high-profile clients including USDA, IBM, Meta Group, Baxter Healthcare, Raytheon E-Systems, and Fingerhut Financial Services. His roles have often involved formalizing IT strategy and its implementation, thereby leading to effective value addition to business processes.