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

CloudSense

•	Directed global service transition programs, including seamless cloud migration from Salesforce to Heroku to  AWS
•	Championed Agile and DevOps adoption, improving velocity, collaboration, and delivery consistency.
•	Directed end-to-end service transitions, including successful migrations from Salesforce to AWS with zero major incidents.
•	Managed service delivery teams, introducing structured processes for provisioning, maintenance, and uptime SLAs.
•	Developed scalable, automation-first API testing frameworks integrated with CI/CD pipelines for rapid feedback and improved reliability.
•	Optimize architecture for performance, security, and cost-effectiveness in AWS environments.
•	Ensure seamless data migration, system integrations, and minimal service disruptions.

Head of R&D, CloudSense

•	Contribute in the development of technical design and architectures, emphasise reuse and integration opportunities.
•	Leadership in guiding the team to rationalise and deploy emerging front end technology for business use cases.
•	Collaborate effectively with distributed cross-functional project team teams in Croatia and UK.
•	Work closely with other Architects to technology-based solutions and consult on concept feasibility.
•	Continuously strive to improve client facing technology issues.
•	Share knowledge or mentor implementation team members on best practices.

Solution Architect

As a part of Research & Development Team my responsibilities include,

•	Set implementation strategy and directions of front end application on salesforce platform.
•	Define AngularJS implementation best practices within Salesforce platform.
•	Embrace continuos integration for front end app using automated tools.
•	Provide technical feedback to the client services team and product engineering teams.
•	Provide hands-on development and technology leadership.
•	Technology: AngularJS, Visualforce, Grunt, Karma, Jasmine, Node.js

Technical Architect

MediaEquals Ltd

As a Senior Software Engineer, I’ve led key initiatives to scale systems for high-performance media planning and cross-media booking. I played a pivotal role in re-architecting legacy systems, improving data handling, and enhancing user experience across large datasets.

Highlights include:

* Scaled booking systems across multiple publishers with a focus on performance and simplicity.
* Refactored monolithic architecture into a modular, testable, object-oriented model.
* Implemented responsive UIs with client-side filtering, reporting, and virtual scrolling.
* Built cross-media metadata builder as a modern SPA using AngularJS.
* Streamlined APIs and adopted best practices in automated testing and tooling (Grunt, Karma, Jasmine).
* Driven by clean architecture, scalability, and user-focused design.

Senior Application Developer

Mphasis

•	Interact and gather requirements with business.
•	Make functional and technical analysis.
•	Estimation and planning. 
•	Creating enhanced application Models.
•	Testing (phpUnit), Security, Bug Fixing, Refactoring.
•	Version control (SVN).
•	Multi tier architecture, work with multiple teams and manage tasks.

Senior Software Engineer

Altosys Software Technologies

•	High and low level design.
•	Development in Joomla CMS
•	Participate in Design phase.
•	Development, code review and testing. 
•	Version control (SVN).

Tekessence Software solutions

•	Solution engineer to automate manual processes using software solutions.
•	Designed and developed Intranet/Internet application for business flow communication addressing Onsite-Offshore model
•	Interact with cross functional teams to enhance workflow.

Sr. Software Engineer

Omega Healthcare Management System

•	Proposed new software tools and solutions to address business needs.
•	Worked in a variety of technology(VB, ASP, PHP).
•	Implemented innovative solution with wide reach is revenue generation and marketing of the company.

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Results-driven IT leader with a strong focus on architecture, innovation, people and business growth. Proven expertise in cloud replatforming, automation testing, and global R&D strategy, with hands-on experience in SaaS product development, DevOps, and Agile transformation. Adept at reporting to C-level executives, proposing and implementing strategies that align with evolving business needs. Skilled in building and scaling high-performance engineering teams across geographies, optimizing cost efficiency, and driving technology innovation.

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