Karunakaran Neelakandan has joined Crayon Data as VP of Engineering. He sports a rich and global experience of 26 years, in big data engineering/analytics, graphics processing units, machine learning, and data warehouse and business intelligence, across various...
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Prashanth Kale joins Crayon Data as Director of Marketing
Prashanth Kale has joined Crayon Data to lead the global marketing team. He is an award-winning marketing director with 16+ years of leadership experience in B2B marketing in high-tech, enterprise SaaS, and AI. An alumnus of EDHEC Business School (France), he is adept...
Why programmers need to up their coding skills
In the words of track and field star Kim Collins, “Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.” This is true in the case of mastering coding skills as well. It is critical for programmers to improve their abilities in this era of constant changes in the...
How Big Data works in marketing: Vidhyashankar Sriram on Transformarketing podcast
“To us, transactions are the best communicator of who you are as a customer” Vidhyashankar Sriram, our VP of Client Solutions, joins Prashant Malkani on the podcast #Transformarketing. In this interaction, they talk about what Big Data is, it’s scope in marketing, and...
Interaction with Aarti Ramakrishnan, Co-Founder & COO, Crayon Data
Source: DQ Channels Date: 9-Sep-2022 Aarti Ramakrishnan, Co-Founder and COO, Crayon Data talks about her role in her organisation. Are Women in Tech the game changers in Talent acquisition? Aarti Ramakrishnan - Yes, I agree that hiring women in tech can be a game...
Decoding Data: The new marketing gene
“What’s happening is your first party data is going to become the critical raw material for you to understand your customer. And this is a gene, a muscle that we need to build,” says Suresh Shankar. Crayon Data’s founder and CEO Suresh Shankar joins...
Peter Marini joins Crayon Data as Vice President, Sales (APAC)
Peter Marini has joined Crayon Data to lead and drive sales in the Asia Pacific region. He comes with more than two decades of experience in tech sales in both mature and emerging markets. Throughout his career, he has helped organizations overcome business...
Suresh Shankar on the impact of Web 3.0 and Metaverse
Date: 8 August, 2022 Source: Al-Bayan Headline : "Web 3.0" paves the way for "Metaverse" to set up virtual worlds for brands Key message: "Metaverse" and AI are still in the experimental stage. Recently, AI has become more advanced and widespread with...
Kenny Lee joins Crayon Data as Vice President, Finance
Kenny Lee has joined Crayon Data as Vice President of Finance. Kenny comes with 13+ years of experience in driving financial and operational excellence in diverse industries from telecommunications to fintech in the Southeast Asia market. He started his...
Nagesh Jaladi joins Crayon Data as Vice President, Merchant Solutions
Nagesh Jaladi has joined Crayon Data to lead and drive maya.ai Bazaar - the merchant solutions platform. Nagesh comes with 15+ years of experience across Mastercard, Google and AT Kearney. An alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business, he...
Saurav Joshi joins Crayon Data as Vice President, Engineering
Saurav Joshi has joined Crayon Data to build and evangelize data-led ML products and managed services. He comes with 20+ years of experience in building tech products, pioneering Big Data, AI, and machine learning adoption. He is also an expert in fintech and...
Engineering products with passion: Vinayak Ganapuram on his role at Crayon
My curiosity towards building products started when I first began working on Encarta (a digital multimedia encyclopedia) at Microsoft. I wanted to know how products were conceived, built, deployed, managed, serviced, scaled. I essentially wanted to be part of the...
Metaverse, NFTs and the Future of Sport with Sundar Raman
There are some defining days to come in cricket, thanks to the metaverse, believes Sundar Raman. It’s not just a technology or platform, but a mindset, says our most recent guest on Slaves to the Algo. With his typical humor, he adds, “Metaverse is what I...
Batting for Data with Sundar Raman
Today’s sportspersons are more open to analyst insights, believes Sundar Raman. Our most recent guest on Slaves to the Algo says, “I think if somebody is going to help me improve my game, I want to give time to listen to it, because it makes me better. And there is a...
Data, AI and the Economics of Sport
“Over the last 20 years, the sports industry has grown exponentially. We’re in that decade where everything has to change. The entire plumbing has to change,” believes Unmish Parthasarathi. The founder and executive director at Picture Board Partners joins...
Data, AI and the Psychology of Sport
Have we delved too far into data to ignore intuitive individual performances? Unmish Parthasarathi believes that there is more than one path to success. Our most recent guest on Slaves to the Algo says, “Sports is unscripted drama. There are many playbooks...
Crayon Data’s playbook to break the bias
What are the biases I've faced as a result of my gender? I've thought about this at different stages of my life. While I've been fortunate to have a supportive and progressive family, very often I've pushed against the biases of the external world. When I was in...
Using creativity to empower technology with Rishad Tobaccowalla
Rishad Tobaccowala believes that algorithms expand his world. Our most recent guest on Slaves to the Algo podcast says, “People keep trying to say let's keep it clean, or let's keep the technology away. If you keep technology away, you don't have electricity. If you...
Explaining AI through human nature
If humans don’t understand emotions, how can machines, wonders Alok Aggarwal. Our most recent guest on Slaves to the Algo says, “Even humans have a hard time learning human emotions. Somebody may be smiling but be thinking of something different. We probably don't...
Ahmet Can Sezgin joins Crayon Data as Sales Leader for Middle East and Africa
Ahmet Can Sezgin has joined Crayon Data to lead and drive Sales in the Middle East and Africa region. Ahmet comes with over 15 years of experience in defining and directing sales and business development strategies. He is an Industrial Engineer and graduate of Koc...
Full stack ahead for F&B
We’ve come a long way from, ‘Show me your friends, I’ll tell you who you are’. Today’s algos are smart enough to recommend what you should have for dinner, based on your order history. Across services, customers are demanding personalization. It’s no different for the...
Naveen S Pillai joins Crayon Data as Vice President – Human Resources
Naveen S Pillai has joined Crayon Data as Vice President – Human Resources. In his new role, he will lead our People Team as they drive Crayon to be a diverse, multi-cultural, values-led, and high-performance environment. Naveen comes with over 20 years of HR...
Vijaya Kumar Ivaturi on the technology renaissance
Crayon Data's co-founder and CTO, Vijaya Kumar Ivaturi, gives us a peek into the decade ahead in terms of technology. This article was carried in the first issue of STRIDE, a journal of technology, leadership, and innovation, published by the Confederation of Indian...
Santiago Duro Tomas joins Crayon Data as VP of Program Management/Engagement
Santiago Duro Tomas has joined Crayon Data to nurture, lead, and drive client relationships in the Middle East. Santiago is an accomplished executive with over two decades of experience across strategy, operations, and technology. He has managed established...
Vinayak Ganapuram joins Crayon Data as Vice President, Engineering
Vinayak Ganapuram has joined Crayon Data to lead and drive the engineering function. Vinayak is a self-taught programmer who is passionate in creating Cloud scalable, performant products that delight users. He is a seasoned hands-on Tech Leader with proven track...
Aarti Ramakrishnan is IFTA’s ‘Woman Leader in Fintech’ 2021
Crayon Data’s co-founder and COO Aarti Ramakrishnan was presented with the IFTA 2021 Award for Woman Leader in Fintech. The award was given by India FinTech Forum (IFTA). The India FinTech Forum is a non-profit initiative that offers a platform for fintech companies...
Integrate deeply, so customers find it difficult to pull the plug: Suresh Shankar on Churn.FM podcast
Crayon Data's founder and CEO Suresh Shankar was recently on the Churn.FM podcast. Hosted by Andrew Michael, CEO of Avrio, they talk about ways to prevent churn with enterprise customers. Suresh shares how he connects the dots looking back going from an account...
Aarti Ramakrishnan talks diversity, entrepreneurship and more on The Prodcast
What does diversity mean at Crayon? “It's about creating a stage for equal opportunity at every turn. For the hiring team, it's about actively searching for women engineers, so that in a final shortlist, we have as many of them to evaluate as men. And once they come...
Use consumption data to enhance personalization: Suresh Shankar in HKET
Date: October 5, 2021 Source: HKET Providing services through digital channels is a designated action by companies, and using data on hand to provide consumers with personalized options will help improve business performance. Companies that provide related...
Suresh Shankar’s guide to company building on ContraMinds podcast
Date: October 5 Source: ContraMinds Crayon Data's founder and CEO Suresh Shankar appeared on Episode 17 of the ContraMinds podcast. In an hour-long conversation, Suresh talks to host S Swaminathan on a wide range of topics, including Introducing startup...
Suresh Shankar’s leadership lessons in Forbes India
Entrepreneurs must have the persistence gene, believes Crayon Data's founder and CEO, Suresh Shankar. In Forbes India's Startup Fridays podcast, he shared traits that will help founders stay grounded during the highs and help them sail through the lows. He also...
Suresh Shankar on Forbes India’s Startup Fridays podcast
Date: August 27 Source: Forbes India "A founder needs conviction and resilience when things are low." Founder and CEO of Crayon Data, Suresh Shankar, joined Harichandan Arakali on Forbes India's podcast last week. On this episode of Startup Fridays, Suresh spoke about...
Where banking and AI meet the written word: Vidhyashankar Sriram on his new role at Crayon
I come from a liberal literary background. My father was the President of Alliance Française of Madras for several years, a double Chevalier who translated books from French to Tamil. That’s where I got my love for the...
Vidhyashankar Sriram joins Crayon Data as Vice President – Client Solutions
Vidhyashankar Sriram has joined Crayon Data as Vice President - Client Solutions. In his new role, he will lead value delivery for our clients. An alumnus of NITIE Mumbai and Madras Institute of Technology, Vidhyashankar is a true-blue banker. He comes with over 15...
Driven By Pressure: Suresh Shankar at TEDx Huawei
The story of Crayon Data and founder and CEO Suresh Shankar's journey as a two-time entrepreneur is one of pressure and persistence. On April 7, he was invited to share his experiences at Huawei's 2021 TEDx Conference:...
Slaves to the Algo | Innovation for Impact: Powering the Scottish Economy with Data and AI | Gillian Docherty OBE
Computer-scientist and business leader Gillian Docherty joined us in this week's episode of Slaves to the Algo to talk about how data and AI can transform outcomes across multiple sectors for an entire country: Scotland. Appointed an Officer of the British Empire in...
Slaves to the Algo | Data Literacy: The Key to Surviving 2030 | EdTech & AI with David Shrier
Futurist, author, entrepreneur, and educator David Shrier talks us through the evolution of AI, the development of the EdTech industry, and the importance of data-driven innovation across all sectors in this week’s episode of Slaves to the Algo. Drawing on his first...
Interview with Suresh Shankar on Empirics Asia
Date: July 28th, 2021 Source: Empirics Asia Suresh creates Netflix- and Spotify-like Experiences for Customers in only 7 Days What’s your story? I help enterprises understand customer preferences to serve them better. What’s interesting is that my career has been a...
Aarti Ramakrishnan, Crayon Data awarded Woman Entrepreneur Award by Rotary Club of Madras East (RCME)
Date: March 12th, 2021 Source: News Today Chennai: Aarti Ramakrishnan, co-founder and Chief of Operations of Crayon Data, was recently awarded the Woman Entrepreneur Award from the Rotary Club of Madras East (RCME). Every year on the occasion of International Women's...
Slaves to the Algo | How to Build Consumer Trust? Less is More: Credit & Payments with Valerie Wagoner
Entrepreneur, leading technology professional, and Chief Growth Officer of GoPay Valerie Wagoner joins us in this week’s episode to talk about how AI is transforming various subsectors of financial services. With over two decades of experience in not just products,...
Slaves to the Algo | Feed the Algo, Grow Your Audience: Digital Marketing with Eric Siu
Gamer turned marketing leader, podcaster and influencer Eric Siu discusses the importance of establishing strong values, maintaining relationships, and producing high-quality content in the data-driven world of digital marketing. Kicking off this week's episode, Eric...
Suresh Shankar in conversation with Elets Banking and Finance on the rise of FinTech 2021
Suresh Shankar, CEO and founder of Crayon Data, was recently interviewed by Elets Banking and Finance. In the conversation, Suresh discusses the need for relevance in financial tech, Crayon's role in the growing FinTech ecosystem, and future plans. Read the full...
Suresh Shankar’s new podcast: Slaves to the Algo – How to stay relevant in the age of AI
Whether we know it or not, like it or not, our lives have been taken over by algorithms. Slaves to the Algo is a new podcast by Suresh Shankar, the founder and CEO of Crayon Data. In this podcast, Suresh attempts to demystify the age of the algorithm. Join him as he...
Life in quarantine: A digital paradox takes flight
The Airbus engines roared into the sky, I sensed the brisk and steep ascent of the flight, as it was a bit unusual for an aircraft of that size to take off at such a sharp angle. However, my attention was not on the ascent, but on what I would witness, in about ten...
Lessons for business. From Charles Dickens, start-up founders and Scott Fitzgerald
Over 200 years ago, Charles Dickens opened “A tale of two cities” with these memorable lines: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it...
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...
How This Former IBM Director Received a Backing From The TATA group
SURESH V SHANKAR (55), FOUNDER, CRAYON DATA - by Entrepreneur Magazine. Among the league of companies which have kept their high growth under the radar for quite some time is Singapore and Chennai-based big data company Crayon Data. Launched by former director at IBM...
‘चलो StartUp’ – Episode 1: DON’T STRESS. STARTUP KARO!
‘चलो StartUp’is a 10-episode video series that present inspiring lessons and start-up stories on how to be a successful entrepreneur & jobs creator in India. Why am I doing this? When I re-engaged with startups as a mentor & angel investor in late 2016 after a...
The Kindness of Strangers – Thank you Singapore
It was 20 years ago today The Kindness of Strangers Thank you Singapore (Sung to the tune of Sgt Pepper’s…..) It was 20 years ago today That I came to Singapore to play I’ve been going round and round in life Even found myself a wife So may I re-introduce to you The...
Panel discussion: Autonomous systems and assisted navigation through haptic feedback
By invitation from NASSCOM, I recently moderated a panel discussion in Cochin. The topic was Artificial Intelligence. My co-panelists were Dr. Roshy John of TCS and Krispian Lawrence of Ducere. The focus was on autonomous systems and assisted navigation through haptic...