# Mika Konnola

> Mika Könnölä is the co-founder and CEO of Documill, the Espoo-based document workflow software company serving Salesforce users. His career includes founding wireless venture Capslock, founding Animoi and selling it to Macromedia in 2004, senior product management work at Macromedia and Adobe, and returning to lead Documill in 2007. He is a named co-inventor on document collaboration patents and remained CEO after Documill joined Ascendx in 2024.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Documill
- **Organizations:** Documill, Animoi, Capslock, Macromedia, Adobe
- **Nationality:** Finnish
- **Education:** M.Sc., Helsinki University of Technology
- **Known for:** Founded Animoi and negotiated its acquisition by Macromedia in 2004., Co-founder and CEO of Capslock, sold to Reach-U in 2001., Named co-inventor on granted US patents for visual content processing, collaborative editing notifications and processing edit events.

## Career timeline

- **2000** — Identified as Capslock co-founder and CEO in a November 22 presentation at Helsinki University of Technology.
- **2001** — Capslock sold to Reach-U; Animoi founded in 2001.
- **2004** — Animoi acquired by Macromedia in June; Könnölä subsequently served as Senior Director for Product Management at Macromedia.
- **2005** — Adobe acquired Macromedia in December; Könnölä worked in senior product management at Adobe.
- **2007** — Rejoined Documill as CEO after working at Adobe.
- **2009** — Demonstrated Documill’s visual enterprise-search technology to analyst Lynda Moulton.
- **2012** — Listed as a speaker on enterprise-wiki search at the Brussels International Workshop on Search Computing; Documill listed on AppExchange that year.
- **2018** — Named co-inventor on US10133716B2, granted November 20, concerning notifications in collaborative editing.
- **2020** — Documill announced its TISAX assessment completion in September; co-invented US10853557B2, granted December 1.
- **2024** — Documill acquired by Ascendx; Könnölä identified as CEO and one of the sellers.
- **2025** — Commented on partnerships with Trigg Digital and d.velop UKI.

## Achievements

- Founded Animoi and negotiated its acquisition by Macromedia in 2004.
- Co-founder and CEO of Capslock, sold to Reach-U in 2001.
- Named co-inventor on granted US patents for visual content processing, collaborative editing notifications and processing edit events.
- Led Documill during its 2020 TISAX assessment and its acquisition by Ascendx in 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Quoted in d.velop UKI’s July 24 partnership announcement, discussing teamwork and serving European customers.
- **2025-06** — Published a June 2 article on predefined document workflows in Salesforce-powered banking.
- **2025-05** — Published a May 28 article on document workflows and automation in Salesforce-powered banking.
- **2025-02** — Quoted in Documill’s February 13 Trigg Digital partnership announcement concerning North America, the EU and the UK.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://fi.linkedin.com/in/mika-k%C3%B6nn%C3%B6l%C3%A4-51a28

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