Company: APPN
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001441683-25-000031
Chunk: 12

Company: APPIAN CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 12
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 President, Founder, and Chairman of the Board |
| Michael Beckley           |     |  51 |     | Chief Technology Officer, Founder, and Director                        |
| Robert C. Kramer          |     |  50 |     | General Manager, Founder, and Director                                 |
| A.G.W. “Jack” Biddle, III |     |  64 |     | Director                                                               |
| Shirley A. Edwards        |     |  64 |     | Director                                                               |
| Carl “Boe” Hartman II     |     |  54 |     | Director                                                               |
| Barbara “Bobbie” Kilberg  |     |  80 |     | Director                                                               |
| Mark Lynch                |     |  61 |     | Director and Interim Chief Financial Officer1                          |
| William D. McCarthy       |     |  59 |     | Director                                                               |

1 On April 21, 2025, the Corporation announced Srdjan “Serge” Tanjga has been appointed to serve as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of May 27, 2025.

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Matthew Calkins is a Founder of Appian and has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President, and as Chairman of our Board of Directors since August 1999. He also served as a director of MicroStrategy, Inc., a publicly held provider of enterprise software platforms, from November 2004 to April 2014. Mr. Calkins holds a B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College. Our Board of Directors believes Mr. Calkins’ business expertise and his daily insight into corporate matters as our Chief Executive Officer, as well as his experience as a member of the board of directors of a public company, qualify him to serve on our Board of Directors.

Michael Beckley is a Founder of Appian and has served as our Chief Technology Officer since 2007 and as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2024. Mr. Beckley serves on the Board of the Northern Virginia Technology Council (“the NVTC”), one of the largest technology councils in the nation, on the Board of Advisors of the Center for a New American Security. Mr. Beckley holds a B.A. in Government from Dartmouth College. Our Board of Directors believes Mr. Beckley’s technical and business expertise and his insight into technology matters as our Chief Technology Officer qualify him to serve on our Board of Directors.

Robert C. Kramer is a