Meet Our Mentors: Bhaskar Dutt

Bhaskar Dutt
Senior Director of Engineering, Nordstrom

I am a software engineering leader specializing in the data, analytics, and machine learning (ML) space. I currently lead the data and ML platform organization as a Senior Director of Software Engineering at Nordstrom.

“I love mentoring driven, passionate professionals looking to grow into leadership positions — it gives me a strong sense of fulfillment to use my experiences to help others clarify their path.”

As a mentor, I excel at…

• Switching from individual contributor to people management role
• Growing as a leader
• Leadership challenges
• The intersection of software engineering, product management, and ML/data science

When I have free time, I…

read, climb, play with my dogs, spend time with my family, run, and learn.

I find inspiration…

by seeking to understand things.

I describe myself as…

an eternal student.

My favorite book is…

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. Never has there been an author who combined his gentle humor, wisdom, and ability to weave a rousing story. Masterful.

Originally published at https://blog.foster.uw.edu on January 30, 2022.