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From the Drawing Board: Dinesh Kumar, UI Engineer
From the Drawing Board: Dinesh Kumar, UI Engineer

I believe that if you want to emulate the people around you, you shouldn’t emulate their liberties. Emulate the behavior that earned them those liberties. That’s why ‘Responsibility with Freedom’ is my favorite Crayon Data value.   Perfection through peer review It’s...

With gratitude, as Crayon turns 9
With gratitude, as Crayon turns 9

Crayon Data turns 9 today, and we have plenty to be grateful about. In a note to our Crayons, founder and CEO Suresh V Shankar and co-founder and COO Aarti Ramakrishnan look back with gratitude for the year that was. In many cultures and religions, the number 9 has...

How I fought against the second wave of Covid-19
How I fought against the second wave of Covid-19

Date: 19th May, 2021 Source: Blogger (personal blog) Attention: This is my personal health information (PHI) experience that I wish to share with you with the intent that it may benefit someone directly or indirectly. Few of you have been aware that me and my family...

From the drawing board – Ranjani, Content Writer

What is the most exciting thing you've learned?   I feel like my journey at Crayon is one gigantic learning curve. I’m constantly learning something new. When I first joined in 2018, I had to forget everything I’d known about writing. Then relearn how to write within...

From the drawing board – Pratyush Roy, VP of GTM

1. How has the sales process changed in a time of remote B2B selling?   Enterprise sales cycles used to span 6-18+ months. With COVID-19 imposed travel restrictions, the situation is much worse.   For Crayon, we’ve noticed the 3 key changes in the remote B2B selling...

From the drawing board – Edwin Francis

1. What is the most exciting thing you have learned? Learning to build scalable applications that impacts millions of users, using big data, has been one of the most exciting parts of working at Crayon Data. For instance, I recently designed and built a complex...

Crayons Of Lockdown – Bhavani Vishweshwar
Crayons Of Lockdown – Bhavani Vishweshwar

In the newest edition of #CrayonsOfLockdown, we have another WFH veteran and the First Lady of Finance, Bhavani who talks about the highs and lows of working from home and gives us a sneak peek into her newly acquired skill. How does it feel to work from home on an...

Crayons Of Lockdown – Vijay Anand
Crayons Of Lockdown – Vijay Anand

In the newest edition of #CrayonsOfLockdown, we have WFH veteran, sales guru and part time gardener Vijay Anand who talks about his WFH experience and gives us a sneak peek into his newly acquired skill. How does it feel to work from home on an extended basis?  Having...

Crayons Of Lockdown – Rohit Ghosh
Crayons Of Lockdown – Rohit Ghosh

How does it feel to work from home on an extended basis? I feel quite alright working from home - definitely feel more productive in terms of personal work and goals owned by me. However, it is a little difficult and inconvenient when I want to collaborate or discuss....

Life @ Crayon – Satwika

1) How long have you been at Crayon? I joined Crayon in 2017 and then went on a break and now it has been 5 months since I came back! 2) What do you do at Crayon? I ensure that every deliverable sent from my team is one that is the closest reflection of Crayon’s...

Life @ Crayon – Vaibbahav

1) How long have you been at Crayon? I’ve been in Crayon for about 12 months. 2) What do you do at Crayon? I manage sales in the MENA region for Crayon. 3) What’s your average day like? I usually spend my days meeting CXOs of financial institutions and I try to solve...

Life @ Crayon – Akshaya Sreedhar

1)  How long have you been at Crayon? I’m 16 months old at Crayon. 2) What do you do at Crayon? I’m a business analyst with the Customer Success Team. 3) What’s your average day like? My average day is filled with cross team meetings, client meetings, raising tickets...

Life @ Crayon – Karuna

1) How long have you been at Crayon? I’ve been at Crayon for 4 years and 3 months. 2) What do you do at Crayon? I’m a UI Developer. 3) What’s your average day like? My day is usually filled with movies, work, food and sleep. 4) What’s your favourite Crayon memory?...