# Kevin Bombino

> Kevin Bombino is the Austin-based founder and CEO of Files.com, a profitable enterprise file-orchestration company used by more than 4,000 organizations. A Harvard computer science graduate, he traces his entrepreneurial instincts to an improbably profitable college rock tour, then to campus dating software, an SEO business, an ecommerce consultancy, and finally the company that became Files.com. His operating style favors written process, distributed authority, fast execution, and long time horizons.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Files.com
- **Organizations:** Files.com, avOS, Crimson Cupid, Link Emperor, Armory Technologies, Bridgewater Associates, Harvard University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA in Computer Science, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Built Files.com into a profitable, founder-led enterprise software company serving more than 4,000 organizations., Raised a $46.5 million growth investment from Riverwood Capital in 2021 after bootstrapping the company., Expanded Files.com through the acquisitions of ExaVault, SmartFile and ExpanDrive.

## Career timeline

- **2004-2006** — Worked with the Open Collections Program at Harvard University Library, according to a public professional profile.
- **2006** — Co-ran a 32-show summer tour for the Harvard rock band Freefall, turning the tour into a profitable small business.
- **2007** — Served as a Technology Associate Intern at Bridgewater Associates.
- **2007** — Began his founder and CEO tenure at the business that became Files.com, according to Crunchbase and public professional records.
- **2010** — Files.com launched, according to the company’s official history.
- **2011** — Became an early Bitcoin miner and the first investor in Armory, according to his published executive biography.
- **2021** — Files.com accepted its first institutional capital, a $46.5 million growth investment from Riverwood Capital.
- **2022** — Files.com acquired ExaVault, its first acquisition.
- **2023** — Files.com acquired SmartFile and combined it into ExaVault.
- **2025** — Files.com publicly announced its acquisition of ExpanDrive and made the desktop product free for personal use.

## Achievements

- Built Files.com into a profitable, founder-led enterprise software company serving more than 4,000 organizations.
- Raised a $46.5 million growth investment from Riverwood Capital in 2021 after bootstrapping the company.
- Expanded Files.com through the acquisitions of ExaVault, SmartFile and ExpanDrive.
- Built Link Emperor into a business he says reached $3 million in annual revenue.
- Created avOS, a documented company operating system for authority, meetings, policy and decisions.
- Was an early Bitcoin miner and the first investor in Armory, according to his executive biography.
- Earned a BA in Computer Science from Harvard University.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Files.com documented an Austin company off-site and continued presenting itself as a profitable, founder-led business serving more than 4,000 organizations.
- **2025-07** — Files.com announced the acquisition of ExpanDrive and a free personal-use tier for the desktop remote-storage product.
- **2025-01** — Files.com built and launched Mover, a self-service cloud migration product on the Files.com engine, according to its company timeline.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kevinbombino.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinbombino
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/action_verb

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Last updated: 2026-08-27