An upper bound for an infinite series, indexed by $k,$ independent of $k?$

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Let $$f(k) = \dfrac{\sum_{n=1}^\infty 2^n e^{-\frac{2^n}{nk}}}{k \log k}$$ where $k \geq 2$ is an integer. From numerical investigation, and from reasons stemming from this question, I believe that there is a positive constant $B < \infty$ such that $$|f(k)| < B$$ for all $k.$

My question is:
How do I prove that there exists such a constant?

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We have for $\eta > 0$

$$ \eta^2 e^{-\eta} \lt 1 \Rightarrow \eta e^{-\eta}\lt \frac{1}{\eta} $$

then

$$ \sum_{\nu = 1}^{\infty}\nu\left(\frac{2^{\nu}}{\nu k}\right)e^{-\frac{2^{\nu}}{\nu k}} \lt \sum_{\nu=1}^{\infty}\nu\left(\frac{\nu k}{2^{\nu}}\right) = k\sum_{\nu=1}^{\infty}\frac{\nu^2}{2^{\nu}} $$

We know that

$$ \sum_{\nu = 1}^{\infty}\nu^2x^{\nu} \lt M \ \ \mbox{for } |x| < 1 $$

For $x = 2^{-1}$ we have $M = 6$ So we can conclude that

$$ f(k) \lt \frac{N}{\log (k)} $$