Vidya Shankar
About Vidya Shankar
Vidya Shankar is a Product Manager at Thomson Reuters, where he has worked since 2007. He leads innovation initiatives, focusing on user experience and metadata integration for financial products.
Work at Thomson Reuters
Vidya Shankar has been a Product Manager at Thomson Reuters since 2007, contributing to the organization for 17 years in the Greater New York City Area. In this role, she leads innovation initiatives by collaborating with research and development groups to integrate key analytics and metadata priorities into products. She manages the product lifecycle for News on Eikon, a premium financial desktop product that serves over 100,000 users. Additionally, she handles management reporting across multiple projects within the organization.
Education and Expertise
Vidya Shankar studied at the University of Mysore, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from 1989 to 1993. Her educational background provides a strong foundation for her role in product management, particularly in the areas of technology and analytics. Her expertise includes managing business processes for user migration from legacy systems to new applications on Thomson ONE.
Background
Before joining Thomson Reuters, Vidya Shankar worked as a Project Manager at Unger Software Corporation from 2005 to 2007. In this position, she was responsible for mentoring and training project teams throughout the product lifecycle. This experience contributed to her current role, where she continues to drive personalization of news and discovery themes, enhancing user experience through faceted navigation.
Achievements
Vidya Shankar is involved in metadata innovation projects that enhance company metadata and introduce new entities such as people and deals. Her work in this area supports the integration of analytics and metadata priorities into Thomson Reuters products, contributing to the overall effectiveness and user satisfaction of the company's offerings.