Appian Leadership
Matt Calkins Founder and CEO
Matt Calkins Founder and CEO
Matt Calkins is founder and CEO of Appian. Matt grew Appian from a startup in his basement to the most successful software IPO of 2017 with only $10 million of outside capital. He serves on the board of the Northern Virginia Technology Council and the Sorensen Institute and sits on the Leadership Council for the Virginia Public Access Project. Matt was top Economics graduate of his class at Dartmouth. He is the author of several award-winning board games, and is frequently a top finisher at the World Boardgaming Championships.
Bob Kramer General Manager
Bob Kramer General Manager
Bob Kramer is responsible for coordinating business and technical operations across the company. Bob is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a founder of Appian and a member of Appian’s board of directors.
Michael Beckley Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Michael Beckley Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Michael Beckley is a founder and the CTO of Appian. He drives the technical vision for the company, leads Appian’s product and solutions marketing teams, and oversees customer initiatives worldwide. Michael serves on the Industrial Advisory Board for the University of Virginia’s Computer Science Department and is a graduate of Dartmouth College.
Marc Wilson Founder and Senior Vice President, Global Partnerships & Industries
Marc Wilson Founder and Senior Vice President, Global Partnerships & Industries
Marc Wilson is a founder of Appian and is responsible for the company's Strategic Partnerships around the world. He also oversees Appian's Industry Leadership team comprised of numerous subject matter experts from a variety of key industries. Marc routinely speaks on topics such as AI, RPA, Low Code, BPM, Enterprise Application Platforms, etc. Over his 20 years with Appian, he has worked with hundreds of clients on their approach to digital transformation and automation. Marc received his B.A. in Government (International Relations) with Honors from Dartmouth College.
Mark Lynch Chief Financial Officer
Mark Lynch Chief Financial Officer
Mark Lynch joined Appian in October 2008 and is responsible for overseeing all Appian financial activity. Prior to Appian, Mark served as CFO at MicroStrategy, and prior to that as CFO at World Airways. In addition, he was Vice President of Finance at Intellidata. Mark holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from The Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from The George Washington University. Mark was named CFO of the year in 2010 by the Washington Business Journal and Public Company CFO of the year in 2018 by the Northern Virginia Technology Council.
Eric Cross Chief Revenue Officer
Eric Cross Chief Revenue Officer
Eric has 20+ years experience leading and scaling high growth go to market organizations. He brings a diverse background with organizations sub $25M to $1.5B in direct and indirect revenue models spanning a diverse set of established and emerging technology categories. Recently, he was a member of the senior leadership team leading Apigee from mid stage start up through successful IPO and eventual acquisition by Google. Prior, he served in various senior leadership roles with Blue Coat Systems, Citrix Systems, and PeopleSoft amongst others. Eric is a graduate of the University of Georgia.
Paul Maguire Senior Vice President of EMEA and APAC
Paul Maguire Senior Vice President of EMEA and APAC
Paul leads Appian's EMEA and APAC operations and has substantial experience growing enterprise software companies into market leaders. Prior to Appian, for the past 20 years Paul has served in Senior Management positions at Genesys, Pegasystems - where he helped achieve a dramatic 6-fold growth in 8 years - and Staffware (now Tibco). Paul is totally committed to helping organisations across EMEA and APAC unlock maximum benefit from their investment in Appian.
Denise Broady Chief Marketing Officer
Denise Broady Chief Marketing Officer
Denise oversees the Marketing and Communications organization where she is responsible for accelerating the marketing strategy and brand recognition across the globe. Denise has over 24+ years of experience as a change agent scaling businesses from start-ups, turnarounds and complex software companies. Prior to Appian, Denise worked at SAP, WorkForce Software, TopTier and Clarkston Group. She is also a two-time published author of GRC for Dummies and Driven to Perform. Denise holds a double degree in Marketing and Production and Operations from Virginia Tech.
Pavel Zamudio-Ramirez Chief Customer Officer
Pavel Zamudio-Ramirez Chief Customer Officer
Pavel leads Appian's Customer Success organization and Customer Office. He and his team are devoted to ensuring that our customers obtain maximum value beyond the initial expectations of our platform. Pavel has 20+ years of experience in professional services with Salesforce and Monitor Group, where he focused on innovation, transformation and customer success initiatives. He was valedictorian of his graduating class and received the Gabino Barreda Medal for his studies in Chemical Engineering at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He also holds two Master's degrees from MIT in Engineering and Management.
Suvajit Gupta Executive Vice President, Engineering
Suvajit Gupta Executive Vice President, Engineering
Suvajit Gupta oversees product management, development, and quality assurance of the Appian product. Suvajit has more than three decades of software development experience, and was Vice President of Development at Eloqua – a marketing SaaS provider that was acquired by Oracle. He received his master’s degree in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an undergraduate in Electronics and Communications Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in India.
Myles Weber Chief Information Officer
Myles Weber Chief Information Officer
Myles Weber is responsible for the Appian Cloud Platform as a Service offering. Additionally, Myles leads the worldwide Information Technology, Support, Security and Compliance operations. Myles joined Appian as one of its first employees with a background in business intelligence and web technologies in the financial services industry. Myles holds a BS degree in Information and Decision Sciences from University of Illinois at Chicago.
Dawn Mitchell Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Dawn Mitchell Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Dawn Mitchell oversees the Human Resources department, which is a strategic partner to the business in acquiring, developing and retaining talent while enhancing the Appian culture and talent brand. Prior to Appian, Dawn held leadership roles at Red Hat and Opower. Dawn holds a B.S. degree in Business Management from North Carolina State University. In 2018, she was recognized as a top HR leader in the DC Metro area by DCA Live.
Chris Winters General Counsel
Chris Winters General Counsel
Chris joined Appian in 2015 and leads the company's legal, contracting, and compliance functions. Prior to joining Appian, Chris was General Counsel at Applied Predictive Technologies from 2013 until 2015. Prior to 2013, he served as Deputy General Counsel at CoStar Group and as an Associate at Arnold & Porter. Chris holds a B.A. in History from Northern Illinois University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. In 2016, Chris was named a Trending 40 Corporate Counsel.
Lang Ly Chief of Staff
Lang Ly Chief of Staff
Lang Ly is Chief of Staff. In coordination with the CEO and other executives, she develops, communicates, executes, and sustains strategic initiatives. With 20 years of leadership experience in enterprise software, technology services, professional services, information technology, and real estate, she is adept at combining people, process, and technology to positively drive global corporate change. She has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.B. in Information Systems, is a rock climber and photographer, and has visited all seven continents.
