A friend, Lisa, told me about a new clothing store online that she is absolutely obsessed with. She was awed by the simplicity of the site, and how it populated outfits that seemed to “know her taste”. That perplexed her. She was certain the site was designed for her and displayed products that attracted her attention. Today, e-commerce has evolved to a stage where users can choose from thousands…
How maya.ai leverages AI to deliver magical online shopping experiences
Shopping is inherently an intimate task. Whether you’re buying necessities, a gift for someone or you’re splurging on yourself. At the end-of-the-day, you’re spending hard-earned money on something you want to buy. The shopkeepers of the past understood this. They would take the time to understand your needs, your likes and why you were buying something. And depending on these, they’d present the most suitable products for you. All the…
Life @ Crayon – Akshaya
1) How long have you been at Crayon? There’s just a couple months left, before I earn my ‘2-year Whiz’ badge. 2) What do you do at Crayon? I manage the data curation team. 3) What’s your average day like? With the help of my little army of interns I execute client data delivery requests. And support the product team in building operational applications and evaluate partner data. 4) What’s…
Life @ Crayon – Rahul
1) How long have you been at Crayon? Approximately 5 years. 2) What do you do at Crayon? I’m a Business Analytics Consultant. 3) What’s your average day like? My day usually consists of writing algos and interacting with clients. 4) What’s your favourite Crayon memory? Binging on Hyderabadi biryani for lunch with my colleagues! 5) What’s your favourite part about working at Crayon? What keeps you coming to…
Life @ Crayon – Malathi
1) How long have you been at Crayon? For 3 years and 10 months. 2) What do you do at Crayon? I am a software developer. I sit in front of black & grey screens and I type commands that add flavours to Crayon’s products. 3) What’s your average day like? My average day usually has several sync ups. As well as the routine stand-up at the end of…
Performance is its own reward: life hacks for personal growth and other learnings
Crayon Power Quotes Volume 2 1. Leadership is about making the right decisions, at the right time, and ensuring the workforce follows through with that decision with effectiveness. What are your thoughts? A lot has been written about leadership, but less so about followership (the flip side). What makes a good follower? And why would a follower desire to follow? Right decisions at the right time are surely the right…
Life @ Crayon – Devaki Gopalan
1. How long have you been at Crayon? It’s been just over a year… 2. What do you do at Crayon? I’m part of the Project Management Office. 3. What’s your average day like? My average day always begins with a wonderful cup of masala chai and ends with a wonderful evening with my husband, Bharath! 😊 What comes in between is a whole series of things that can only…
Chai Break with Vijaya Kumar Ivaturi, Co-Founder and CTO, Crayon Data
This article was written by Gowri Rekha and originally published on Paul Writer. Paul Writer interviewed Vijaya Kumar Ivaturi (known as IVK) who is the Co-Founder and CTO of Crayon Data, a Big Data & AI product company at Singapore with a development center in Chennai. He has been with ICT industry for the last 30 years and is one of the leading experts in innovation management and advanced…
Life @ Crayon – Shankar Ganesh
1) How long have you been at Crayon? At the time of answering this questionnaire, it’s a grand total of 2013 days. And this is inclusive of weekends and holidays. Incidentally, I joined in 2013 as well! 😉 2) What do you do at Crayon? So far, I have juggled various roles. A majority of my time is spent on client delivery and data delivery. 3) What’s your average…
Tech Talk Toe: An afternoon with the Chennai School of AI
What do you get when you have four machine learning & AI experts, a room full of enthusiastic coders and some pretty cool tech? An afternoon of hands-on learning and stimulating conversation of course! On the 24th of November, Crayon Data hosted the Chennai School of AI Meetup #2. The afternoon saw more than 60 people turn up in attendance for 4 sessions. Before the event was off to a…