FolderWave, Inc. A Massachusetts-based company founded in 2000

FolderWave designs, develops, delivers, and supports a complete, modular-based platform that covers all areas of enrollment. “Complete” is the key concept and greatest differentiator — FolderWave handles services as well as solutions to become an extension of your operation.

Founded to meet the needs of Higher Education, FolderWave focuses on people and processes, delivering a powerful engine that drives our clients’ operational and strategic objectives. All FolderWave engagements incorporate the complete process; including consulting, document management/data entry, tailored workflow, communication and collaboration, system integration, training, maintenance, updates, and program management. Since the service is provided over the Web, any authorized user can access any application anywhere with a supported browser on a PC, Tablet, or Smartphone, etc.

FolderWave is a preeminent solutions provider. Handling hundreds of thousands of Student Application and Financial Aid Cases, as well as millions of documents, FolderWave has repeatedly proven it can offer rapid deployment to address complex problems while demonstrating a significant ROI.

Headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts, the company is privately held.

Management Team

Bruce Ryan has more than 30 years experience in the computer industry, including R&D, product development and business management, sales, marketing, and international assignments primarily with IBM and the Digital Equipment Corporation.
Dr. Ryan received his Ph.D. and MS in Physics from Lehigh University,  where he was a NASA fellow, and BS in physics from Boston College. His research was performed at the Princeton-Penn High-Energy Physics Lab at Princeton University. He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management program.

Bob Burke, President and Co-Founder of FolderWave, Inc., has a background in technology, software development, and operations.  Bob has over 35 years of experience in the software industry with positions at Wang Laboratories, Wang Healthcare and currently with FolderWave.

Bob leads the company’s mission to empower students to seek their own path. The goals of the company are to enrich students’ lives and provide them with tools to help student make informed decisions on college and career.

Bob, a lifelong Massachusetts resident currently residing in Scituate, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Clark University with a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics. Bob holds two patents including 1) Abstraction Layer Database Access and 2) Multiple Abstraction Layer To Multiple Data Sources.  Bob is married to Diane, has two grown children, two grandchildren and enjoys family, friends, golf, skiing and the beach.

Our Advisors

George Pernsteiner, Our AdvisorGeorge Pernsteiner served as President of the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) from September 2013 until August 2017, after serving nine years as Chancellor of the seven-campus Oregon University System. SHEEO is the national association of the chief executives of statewide governing, policy, and coordinating boards of postsecondary education.

Previously, Mr. Pernsteiner served as Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services at the University of California, Santa Barbara; Vice President for Finance And Administration at Portland State University; and Vice Provost and Chief Financial Officer at the University of Oregon. He also served in other roles in the Oregon Chancellor’s office, which he joined in 1989 after a career in local government in Seattle. He has taught at Portland.

Mr. Pernsteiner earned his BA degree from Seattle University and his MPA from the University of Washington.

Michael B Horn, Our AdvisorMichael B Horn strives to create a world in which all individuals can build their passions and fulfill their potential through his writing, speaking, and work with a portfolio of education organizations. He is the author of several books, including:

Michael is the co-founder of and a distinguished fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, a non-profit think tank, and teaches at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

He cohosts the top education podcasts

He is a regular contributor to Forbes.com and writes the Substack newsletter The Future of Education. Michael also serves as an executive editor at Education Next, and his work has been featured in outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, and NBC.

Michael serves on the board and advisory boards of a range of education organizations, including Imagine Worldwide, Minerva University, LearnLaunch Institute and Guild Education, and is a venture partner at NextGen Venture Partners.

Michael was selected as a 2014 Eisenhower Fellow to study innovation in education in Vietnam and Korea, and Tech&Learning magazine named him to its list of the 100 most important people in the creation and advancement of the use of technology in education.

Michael holds a BA in history from Yale University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

World-Class Partnerships

Building, managing, and supporting your infrastructure is no easy task. If you lack the required resources, time, and/or expertise, you’ll want help. FolderWave and our partners can provide you with a complete managed solution.

Through our partners, we provide digital services, high quality microfilming and imaging systems for organizations that want to improve their document imaging and information management processes.

In addition, we provide a comprehensive range of secure, reliable, enterprise-level IT operations. These enterprise services are centrally delivered through automated systems by pioneers and leading providers of information availability solutions.

We have the expertise – unrivaled infrastructure, highly experienced people, and a variety of services – to help companies develop customized strategies for keeping employees connected to critical systems applications, and information.

Our solutions help businesses and institutions of higher education, as well as K-12, innovate for greater achievement and productivity.