Full Name

Jayeeta Putatunda

Job Title

Lead Data Scientist and Director

Company

Fitch Ratings

Speaker Bio

Jayeeta is an award-winning Lead Data Scientist and Director at Fitch Ratings, specializing in NLP and Generative AI. She's earned the AI100 award in Generative AI (2024), recognition as a Top 25 Visionary Woman in FinTech AI, and selection as one of 33 global advisors for NVIDIA's Enterprise Platform Advisor Program. Her research on AI for financial inclusion has been presented at top conferences like ACM's ICAIF and AAAI-25. Beyond her technical work developing scalable AI solutions at Fitch, Jayeeta champions diversity in tech as NYC Chapter Lead for Women in AI and Stanford's Women in Data Science ambassador. She's conducted 40+ free tech talks, mentored 100+ individuals, and was featured as one of North America's Top 1% mentors. She regularly speaks at major conferences, judges AI competitions, and guest lectures at Columbia, NYU, and PACE University.