Discover the Smarter Way to Work
M-Files Is the Leading Platform for Knowledge Work Automation
With the M-Files platform, knowledge workers can find information faster, work smarter, and achieve more. M-Files features an innovative metadata-driven architecture, embedded workflow engine, and advanced artificial intelligence. This enables customers to eliminate information chaos, improve process efficiency, and automate security and compliance.
We help knowledge workers to work smarter.
Doing Business with M-Files
- M-Files was founded by current CEO Antti Nivala as a solution to a market problem his father had uncovered with information management for his architectural engineering firm.
- Over the years, M-Files has continued to remain independent. As a result, we have never been forced to integrate with a larger, multi-product organization. Instead, we have grown through steady organic growth, breaking into new verticals and expanding our footprint into North America.
- M-Files has remained focused and is the only true pure-play platform in the market, delivering innovative capabilities and common use cases across multiple industries.
- As M-Files continues to evolve, we remain true to our Finnish heritage of core values rooted in equality, trust, and honesty. Our guiding principles of “Make IT Happen, Help Others, and Love Customers” drive how we work and interact with others internally and extend externally to customers and partners.
The M-Files Platform Empowers Our Customers to Take Control of Their Business
- With M-Files, managing information becomes frictionless regardless of dependencies, systems, repositories, applications, or the number of collaborators.
- Knowledge workers can finally access “silent knowledge.” With our platform, storing, searching, and sharing knowledge becomes a natural part of everyone’s workday.
- Knowledge workers can work in context, which means they can model their own world with new searches, new views, new workflows, or follow workflows set by others.
- With our platform, the number of use cases is limitless. If your business can envision it, you can build the workflow and automate processes.
A Little Bit About Us
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2002
Founder Antti Nivala
Began developing document management software in Tampere, Finland
2005
M-Files
Released initial software
2009
Subsidiary opened
In the United States
2011
Product enhanced
To include intelligent information management capabilities
2016
Company revenue
Achieved 7x growth in five years. M-Files now has international offices in the UK, France, Germany, and Australia
2017
Acquisition of Apprento
Added artificial intelligence capabilities. M-Files became available via Software as a Service (SaaS)
2021
Hubshare acquisition
Added collaborative information sharing through secure user-friendly portals
2023
Ment acquisition
Added zero-code document automation to our suite of products.
2024
New CEO
M-Files Appoints Jay Bhatt as CEO.
Leadership Team
Jay Bhatt
Chief Executive Officer
Jay Bhatt is the CEO of M-Files. He was previously the CEO and lead board member of Alfresco Software from 2019 to 2020. Before that, he was a managing director and partner at Thomas H. Lee Partners from 2016 to 2019, co-leading technology and software investments. Jay also served as the CEO of Blackboard Inc. and Progress Software Corporation and led the Architecture, Engineering, & Construction Division at Autodesk, Inc. He began his career as a transactional attorney and worked as an investment banker at Montgomery Securities. Additionally, Jay is a former board member of several other software companies, including Nextech, Juvare, Auction.com, Ten-X Commercial, and MHS. Jay holds a degree in Arts & Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law.
Antti Nivala
Founder & Chief Innovation Officer
Antti is the Founder of M-Files, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Innovation Officer. He conceived the vision of M-Files and, as Chief Innovation Officer, continues to play a critical role in shaping the vision and innovation of the M-Files knowledge work automation platform. Additionally, Antti provides strategic direction as Chairman of the Board. He was named Executive of the Year for the BIG Awards for Business for three consecutive years, from 2021 to 2023. Previously, Antti worked at Nokia Corporation. He holds a master’s degree in software engineering.
Ryan Barry
Vice President of Strategic Operations & Corporate Development
Ryan is the Vice President of Strategic Operations and Corporate Development for M-Files. In his role, Ryan is responsible for the identification and execution of high-value, cross-functional initiatives, including inorganic growth. For the past decade, Ryan has served in a variety of strategy, M&A, and business operations roles, including positions at venture-backed Redwood Materials and private equity firm Berkshire Partners. Ryan began his career as a consultant at McKinsey & Co. Based in New York, Ryan has an undergraduate degree from Williams College and received his MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
Laura Carson
Chief Marketing Officer
Laura is the Chief Marketing Officer for M-Files and is responsible for the company’s go-to-market strategy, demand generation, brand positioning, product marketing, and channel marketing. Laura is a high-impact leader with more than 20 years in B2B technology software and services and a proven track record in helping organizations accelerate growth. Prior to joining M-Files, Laura has held various senior level marketing, sales and operational roles at Rocket Software, Imprivata, Navisite and NTT Data (formerly Keane, Inc.). Laura holds a BA in Organizational Management from Daniel Webster College.
Heather Guntrum
Chief Customer Success Officer
Heather is the Chief Customer Success Officer, responsible for Customer Experience, including Customer Success Management, Renewals, and Support. Heather has been driving customer success globally across a complex portfolio of enterprise software solutions since 2008. Prior to joining M-Files, Heather served as the Chief Customer Officer at both Zywave and Alfresco. She held the roles of Vice President of Customer Success and Vice President of Global Partnerships at SDL. Earlier in her career, as Vice President of Customer Experience at Teradata and Vice President of Customer Services at Aprimo, she evolved processes, teams, and premium service offerings to improve the customer journey and overall customer value. Heather holds a BS in Public Affairs and Business and has performed graduate work at the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
Justin Kim
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
Justin is the Chief Financial Officer for M-Files and manages all finance & administrative functions for the company. He has over 20 years of experience in technology, with deep expertise managing software & SaaS businesses. Prior to joining M-Files, Justin was the Vice President of Finance for Rocket Software and has held various financial leadership positions with IBM and Accenture. Justin holds a BA in Economics from UCLA and an MBA in Finance from the University of Southern California.
Bob Pritchard
Chief Revenue Officer
Bob is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at M-Files. Bob has been successfully delivering transformational growth across startup, emerging and multi-billion-dollar corporations for over 30 years. Most recently, Bob was the SVP, Global Sales & Channels at Camunda where he played a key part in growing the company from $20M ARR to over $50M ARR and grew the customer base by 178%. Prior to Camunda, Bob was the SVP, Global Sales for Alfresco Software where he led a team of 70 sales, pre-sales and subject matter expert resources across six regions. Bob has led various sales functions at Redwood Software, OpenText, Trintech and IBM. Bob also co-founded and served as VP Sales & Marketing for Tiova, a pioneering Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider to professional services organizations.
Petra Rosvall
Chief People Officer
Petra is Chief People Officer at M-Files. Her mission is to co-create an environment where people are willing and able to thrive. Petra has held a variety of senior level HR positions in different industries and regions over the past 10 years. Before joining M-Files, she was the HR Director at a leading sporting goods company where she was responsible for people and culture development across the Americas region and based in Chicago, Illinois. Petra holds a MSc in Economics from HANKEN University, as well as a specialization degree for HRD from Haaga-Helia University. She is also a certified coach and facilitator.
Mika Turunen
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Mika is responsible for leading the global product engineering organization with his team to build the products required to support the needs of M-Files’ vision, strategy and roadmaps. Mika has over 10 years of experience in various technology and leadership roles. Prior to joining M-Files, Mika worked extensively with OP Bank of Finland and in a number of consulting and product companies ranging from smaller startups to enterprises. Mika specializes in building, leading and defining different product engineering functions and spearheading transformational leadership programs.
Board of Directors
Antti Nivala
Chairman & Founder
Antti is the Founder of M-Files, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Innovation Officer. He conceived the vision of M-Files and, as Chief Innovation Officer, continues to play a critical role in shaping the vision and innovation of the M-Files knowledge work automation platform. Additionally, Antti provides strategic direction as Chairman of the Board. He was named Executive of the Year for the BIG Awards for Business for three consecutive years, from 2021 to 2023. Previously, Antti worked at Nokia Corporation. He holds a master’s degree in software engineering.
Jay Bhatt
Director & Chief Executive Officer
Jay Bhatt is the CEO of M-Files. He was previously the CEO and lead board member of Alfresco Software from 2019 to 2020. Before that, he was a managing director and partner at Thomas H. Lee Partners from 2016 to 2019, co-leading technology and software investments. Jay also served as the CEO of Blackboard Inc. and Progress Software Corporation and led the Architecture, Engineering, & Construction Division at Autodesk, Inc. He began his career as a transactional attorney and worked as an investment banker at Montgomery Securities. Additionally, Jay is a former board member of several other software companies, including Nextech, Juvare, Auction.com, Ten-X Commercial, and MHS. Jay holds a degree in Arts & Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law.
Sebastian Charpentier
Director
Sebastian Charpentier is a Principal at Bregal Milestone. Prior to joining the firm, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Houlihan Lokey, where he advised companies and executed a variety of transactions in the Data & Analytics M&A team. Sebastian was a U-18 Swedish National Champion in Ice Hockey
Sebastian holds a BSc in Politics from University of Bristol and an MA in International Political Economy from King’s College London.
Ian Kwok
Director
Ian is a Principal at Bregal Milestone. He brings significant operating and technology sector experience to management teams. Prior to joining Bregal Milestone, Ian was a Vice President at Insight Partners, where he focused on partnering with Insight’s portfolio companies to scale effective go-to-market teams through the application of proven and repeatable best practices. Prior to Insight, Ian led Sales Strategy and Operations at ZocDoc (a healthcare startup in New York) and was also an entrepreneur, having owned and operated an automotive dealership group and successfully sold the business to Lithia Motors (NYSE: LAD) in 2014. Ian started his career at Centerview Partners executing large-cap and complex M&A transactions. Ian received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his BA with honors from Pomona College. Originally from Hong Kong, Ian also speaks Cantonese and Mandarin.
Sumit Pande
Director
Sumit Pande is a Senior Managing Director at Haveli Investments and helps oversee the Haveli Investments enterprise software fund. He has over 25 years of experience in the technology industry as a private equity investor, investment banker and engineer. Previously, Sumit was the Head of Technology, Media, and Telecom investments at Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Advisory USA, where he oversaw the construction, management, and performance of a multibillion-dollar portfolio of direct investments, with a focus on the enterprise software sector. He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, an M.S. from California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and B.Tech. from the Institute of Technology (BHU), India.
Brian Sheth
Director
Brian Sheth is the Founder of Haveli Investments. Based in Austin, he created the firm in 2021. Brian has spent nearly twenty-five years investing in technology businesses. His experience includes direct involvement in hundreds of investments and dispositions valued at over $100 billion, mentoring hundreds of entrepreneurs, executives, and investors, and serving as board chairman for dozens of companies. Brian graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Economics. Brian and his family manage the Sheth Sangreal Foundation to support efforts to protect and repair the natural world, mitigate the effects of poverty, and create educational opportunities in central Texas and around the world.
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