Rajeev Sharma is co-founder and chief executive of Markovate, an AI development, implementation and consulting firm founded in 2015 with offices in San Francisco, California, and Toronto, Ontario. Before Markovate he led digital transformation and product development work for large companies including AT&T and IBM. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and Scrum Alliance certifications.
From Mobile Products to AI Agents
In 2022 he described Markovate to Made in CA as a digital product company of more than 50 people built on design, product and technology, with a mobile-first outlook. His advice to his younger self: “Believe in yourself and your vision at all times because if we put in the necessary effort, everything that seems impossible to attain will eventually be accomplished.” The company now centers on agentic and generative AI, and he is the product architect behind its AI Blueprint Classifier for manufacturing, aerospace, engineering and construction teams (Markovate). On the CanadianSME Small Business Podcast in 2024 he talked about AI adoption for smaller companies, and the show noted his work mentoring immigrants in Canada’s tech industry.