Mika Turunen
Senior Vice President, Product & Engineering at M-Files
Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
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Top SchoolMika Turunen is a product and technology executive with 15+ years of experience building cloud-native, AI-first platforms and scaling engineering organizations across Europe, the US and India. As SVP of Product & Engineering at M-Files he’s led the company through VC-to-PE transformation, cloud and AI strategy, and rapid global hiring—growing Bangalore from zero to 120 engineers in 2025 while embedding strong leadership development and succession planning. He combines hands-on architecture chops from roles as CTO and Chief Architect with operator experience in payments, event-driven systems and PE diligence, translating technical debt and platform choices into measurable value. Known as an architect and generalist on GitHub, Mika favors practical, pragmatic consolidation and platform strategies that mobilize distributed teams. He balances product rigor with delivery metrics—shipping faster without sacrificing compliance or reliability—and takes personal responsibility for growing the next generation of leaders. Based in Tampere, Finland, he brings a rare mix of execution, investor-facing experience, and technical breadth across cloud, microservices and AI-powered knowledge work.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Computer Games Programming, Computer Games Programming, Bachelor of Science in Computer Games Programming, Computer Games Programming at Teesside UniversityBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Information Technology, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Information Technology at Metropolia University of Applied SciencesNOWENA - Leadership group coaching for Executives, Leadership, NOWENA - Leadership group coaching for Executives, Leadership at Adare OyTransformational Leadership Program, Leadership, Finance, Growth and Strategy, Transformational Leadership Program, Leadership, Finance, Growth and Strategy at Henley Business School
Finnish, English
Github Skills (138)
rendering10
session-store10
javascript9
inversion9
redis-client9
phaser9
dependency-injection9
mobile-web9
inversion-of-control9
game-development9
node-redis9
redis9
canvas9
iframe9
webgl9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mikaturunen/cthulhu-generator-application
Feb 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:130 commits, 74 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
mikaturunen/phaser-examples-typescript
Mar 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:4 releases, 189 commits, 6 PRs in 9 months
html5-gamegamejavascriptgame-developmenthtml5
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