Shilpa Thankappan
About Shilpa Thankappan
Shilpa Thankappan is a Senior Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters, with a strong background in software development and database management. She has extensive experience in .NET framework migrations and report development using SQL Reporting Services.
Work at Thomson Reuters
Shilpa Thankappan has been employed at Thomson Reuters as a Senior Software Engineer since 2018. In this role, she has contributed to various software development projects, leveraging her expertise in database design and application migration. Her tenure at Thomson Reuters has spanned six years, during which she has applied her skills in a dynamic work environment in Minnesota.
Previous Experience in Software Development
Prior to her current position, Shilpa Thankappan worked at Taylor Corporation as a Software Developer from 2017 to 2018. She also held software development roles at Ditech Financial LLC from 2015 to 2017, Green Tree Servicing from 2014 to 2015, and Siddhis Software Services from 2010 to 2011. Additionally, she served as a Senior Systems Engineer at Infosys from 2011 to 2012. This diverse experience has equipped her with a comprehensive skill set in software engineering.
Education and Expertise
Shilpa Thankappan earned her Master of Science in Computer Science from Metropolitan State University, studying from 2017 to 2019. She also holds a Bachelor of Technology in Instrumentation & Control from NSS College of Engineering, where she studied from 2004 to 2008. Her educational background provides a solid foundation for her technical skills, including database design and Object Oriented Programming.
Technical Skills and Proficiencies
Shilpa Thankappan possesses extensive technical skills, particularly in SQL Server, where she has experience designing database tables, stored procedures, functions, and triggers. She has migrated applications across various versions of the .NET framework, specifically from ASP.NET 2.0 to 3.0 and 3.0 to 4.0. Additionally, she has developed reports using SQL Reporting Services and integrated them with ASP for web-based applications. Her proficiency in version control management tools such as Visual Source Safe and TFS further enhances her capabilities.