Engineer by craft, entrepreneur by passion—building products that matter | 150+ products built | Founder of Crayon’d | Innovator | Mentor | Venture studio in the making 🎯

I shipped my first edtech product on a floppy disk when I was just 17.

It was 2001, and as a student entrepreneur, I set out to solve a simple problem—

Helping my peers learn vocabulary faster.

Who knew that tiny floppy disk would spark a lifelong passion for:

Technology
Innovation &
Problem-solving

Today, with 150+ products built across 12+ industries, I’ve learned that building impactful solutions requires more than technical skills—

It’s about:

Resilience
Purpose
People

Every failure, every connection, and every opportunity has shaped me into four things:

𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵. 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳. 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦-𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳. 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳.

✅ 𝐀𝐬 𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭

For over two decades, technology has been my craft and calling.

- Built 150+ products for startups, scale-ups, and enterprises.
- Led ERP implementations and created cutting-edge solutions.
- Delivered transformative products across North America, APAC, EMEA.

✅ 𝐀𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫

Entrepreneurship wasn’t a choice—it was a calling.

- Bootstrapped five startups in edtech, mobility, ERP, and digital transformation.
- Founded Crayon’d, partnering with startups and enterprises to create scalable products.
- Built strong, people-first cultures that drive organic growth.

𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴?

Well, I’ve had my share.

But as a first-generation entrepreneur from a humble background I learned to embrace failure. 

My mantra—

“𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.”

✅ 𝐀𝐬 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫

I believe in using technology to solve meaningful problems.

Some of the initiatives I’ve launched:

𝐔𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐦: A geo-based platform for blood donations.
𝐁𝐞𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐇𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫: An afforestation drive to fight global warming.
𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦 108: A solution to help ambulances clear traffic efficiently.

I’m driven by the belief that—

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 5% 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 95% 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵.”

✅ 𝐀𝐬 𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫

Early in my journey, I lacked exposure and mentorship. 

Today, I strive to give back by:

Guiding young talent, especially those overlooked by traditional systems.
Inspiring first-time founders and student entrepreneurs.

𝘔𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯?

To build the next generation of leaders.
To help them embrace entrepreneurship as a path to impact.

...

Bold ideas deserve world-class execution. 

Let’s collaborate to design, build & scale something truly extraordinary 🤝

Email: makesh@crayond.com

Makesh Gopalakrishnan

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Software Developer

Deloitte

Integrated Business Intelligence (IBI): The purpose of IBI is to offer a unified gateway for accessing data warehouse tools, providing users with a single source of truth drawn from diverse data sources like tax returns, external databases, and xbrl files
Innovative Systems Inc (ISI): Revenue gathers data from various third-party sources, utilizing ISI Software for online fuzzy matching to establish unique keys for specific datasets, which are then stored in the database alongside Revenue customers.

Achievements & Contributions:
-Microservice Architecture: Designed robust microservice architecture for IBI app, ensuring scalability and modularity.
-API Development: Developed well-designed APIs for seamless microservice communication and system modularity.
-Performance Optimization: Optimized microservice performance for fast response and efficient data retrieval.
-Elasticsearch Integration: Integrated Elasticsearch (ISI) for efficient data indexing and quick information search.
-Security Measures: Implemented strong security measures with authentication and authorization protocols for data protection and compliance.

Solutions Developer

National Intelligence Management System Section 97 (NIMS S97): The application aims to enhance the recording, categorization, and utilization of intelligence and Revenue data, enabling targeted case interventions.
National Intelligence Management System Bulletin Board (NIMS BB): The application gathers missed target information from sources outside NIMS S97, enabling Revenue officers nationwide to securely and centrally manage the data.

Achievements & Contributions
-Application Development: Developed a robust app for seamless interaction between NIMS S97 and external data, enabling secure target management by revenue officers nationwide.
-Cross-Source Data Integration: Integrated data from multiple external sources into the app, ensuring accurate and comprehensive target information.
-Strategic Problem Solving: Innovatively solved the problem of missed targets in NIMS S97 with the development of NIMS BB solution.

Associate Solutions

iPaylabs India Technology Private Limited

Paysec Payment Gateway: Middleware management and routing system between the merchant and the bank of its transactions.

Achievements & Contributions
-Best Employee: Scintillating performance for the fourth quarter, 2018.
-Restful service: Optimised resource creation in Rest Web Services which had 1 billion transaction.
-Automation Performance: Reduced the automation of framework by 35%.
-Cl / CD Pipeline: Introduced Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Pipeline for the Application.
-Customer Engagement: Resolving high priority Customer issue

Software Engineer

Locuslore Technology

Mobile Performance Optimiser : A progressive web application to adheres solution based on the mobile application anti-patterns.
Diagnosis Tool (Web) : A web extension for automation toolkit

Achievements & Contributions
- Web Extension for automation toolkit
- Dynamic and multi-browser compatible design.

Software Engineer Intern

Seasoned Java developer with 5.5+ years of hands-on prowess in developing and implementing efficient and scalable solutions using microservices architecture. Certified in AWS Solutions Architect - Associate, Cloud Practitioner, and Professional Scrum Master I. Skilled in designing and integrating RESTful APIs, along with a solid grasp of software design patterns and best practices. Poised to contribute proven technical proficiency and certified skills to drive innovation and success in dynamic development environments.

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