David Thompson

David Thompson is the current VP of Engineering at SoFi. Prior to joining SoFi, David was the Sr. Software Architect at Tru Student from October 2006 to May 2014. In this role, David was responsible for software development for a financial institution that sells and services guaranteed student loans. David's duties included developing, managing, and testing new Imaging system and currently integrating it with other business operations. David also developed new company procedures and applications saving thousands of company work hours. In addition, they managed several large high-profile projects that involved large teams of enterprise data modelers, data team members, software engineers, quality assurance testers, and end-users. David also helped write many of the company’s web security policies and lead the projects to secure web applications. David also pushed the company to look at new technologies for ways to save money and generate new business.

Prior to joining Tru Student, David was the President of Visualization and Imagery Solutions, Inc. from January 1999 to December 2015. In this role, David was responsible for leading a team of software engineers in the development of visualization and imagery solutions for government and commercial clients. David also oversaw the financial management of the company and was responsible for business development and marketing initiatives.

Before joining Visualization and Imagery Solutions, David was a Corporate Trainer at IBM from September 1997 to December 1999. In this role, they were responsible for providing training to IBM employees on various software products.

David began their career as a Research Assistant at The University of Montana from August 1994 to May 2002. In this role, they conducted research on various topics related to computer science and engineering.

David Thompson has a MS in Computer Science from the University of Montana and a BS in Computer Science from Montana Technological University. David also has a Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education and Teaching from The University of Montana-Western.

David Thompson reports to Jonathan Holland, VP, Engineering, Risk, Infrastructure & Ops.