Company History
Explore the history of Generis, from its roots as a consultancy to the launch of the CARA Platform.
Company Timeline

Generis was founded by James Kelleher in 1998 as a consultancy group for knowledge & document management processes

The first version of CARA is commissioned and released for Bristol Myers Squibb as a flexible user interface and business rules engine for compliant applications on Documentum

The first major overhaul of CARA sees the replacement of Documentum features with enhanced native features, and the introduction of flexible user interfaces & portals

CARA becomes available in the cloud, beginning the transition to a cloud-first platform

The next generation, cloud-first CARA Platform is released, separating from Documentum and Oracle technologies, and ushering in a new era of blended content & data management possibilities

Generis celebrates 20 years of content, data, and business process management for regulated industries, with the formalisation of the comprehensive CARA Life Sciences Platform, and a new generation of customers and partners leveraging the CARA Platform as a low-code platform for business applications