# Bhanu Sharma

> Bhanu Sharma is the founder and CEO of Maker, a platform for improving existing websites with visual editing, publishing and AI tools. His product career spans Wanadu, Latitude Communications, Macromedia, Adobe, Skyfire and Sony Mobile; he has also advised Socialcast and mentored startups.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Maker
- **Organizations:** Maker, Wanadu, Latitude Communications, Macromedia, Adobe, Skyfire, Sony Mobile Communications, Socialcast, 500 Startups, AIESEC India, Product People
- **Education:** Bachelor of Commerce, Panjab University, Design Thinking studies; no degree verified, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Wanadu, which was acquired by Latitude Communications before Latitude was acquired by Cisco., Co-inventor with Sanjay Chouksey on US7934000B2, granted April 26, 2011, concerning real-time communication using inter-process communications., Named inventor on US9485461B2, granted November 1, 2016, concerning wireless peripheral video conferencing.

## Career timeline

- **1998–1999** — VP of Information Systems and Marketing at AIESEC India.
- **2000–2003** — Co-founder and VP of Products at Wanadu; the company was acquired by Latitude Communications.
- **2003–2004** — Senior product role in web conferencing at Latitude Communications.
- **2000s** — Product management at Macromedia on Breeze Meeting, followed by product work and an entrepreneur-in-residence role at Adobe.
- **2007–2008** — Director of Product Management at Skyfire.
- **2008–2011** — Product advisor to startups through Product People.
- **2009–2011** — Advisor at Socialcast.
- **2010–2018** — Mentor at 500 Startups.
- **2011–2012** — Vice President of Frontier Products at Sony Mobile Communications.
- **2012–present** — Founder and CEO of Maker; public profiles differ between 2011 and 2012 for its beginning.
- **2013** — Published Make what matters on December 5.
- **2016** — Sony-related video conferencing patent US9485461B2 was granted on November 1.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Wanadu, which was acquired by Latitude Communications before Latitude was acquired by Cisco.
- Co-inventor with Sanjay Chouksey on US7934000B2, granted April 26, 2011, concerning real-time communication using inter-process communications.
- Named inventor on US9485461B2, granted November 1, 2016, concerning wireless peripheral video conferencing.
- Founded Maker and led its development into tools for improving existing websites.
- Created Empire & Freedom, an illustrated Indian history book for his children using AI tools, according to his public account.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Research snapshot: Maker presents itself as an agentic website platform; publicly visible posts by Sharma discuss visual editing, design import, website context and AI creation. This date records observation, not a verified launch date.

## Links

- Website: https://www.maker.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhanusharma
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/bhanu

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Last updated: 2026-10-26