Matt Calkins

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Alma materDartmouth College
Occupation
  • Co-Founder
  • CEO
  • Chairman
  • President

Matt Calkins is the co-founder, CEO, chairman, and president of Appian Corporation, and a world champion board gamer.[1][2][3][4]

Early Career

Calkins grew up in Mill Valley, California.[5] He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1994 with a degree in economics.[5][6] He then joined MicroStrategy, a business software vendor[5] where he was the director of the Enterprise Product Group.[7] When he was 26, he left MicroStrategy and co-founded Appian.[7]

In 1999, Calkins co-founded Appian and began building software tools such as an intranet portal for the U.S. Army.[5] In 2008, the company raised $8 million, and in 2014, raised $36 million in a secondary offering led by venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates.[5] Appian later went public in May 2017.[5][8] As of 2019, Calkins owns just under half of the company which is valued at $2.1 billion.[5][9]

Calkins is on the board of trustees of the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP), the Sorensen Institute, and the Northern Virginia Technology Council TechPAC.[7] He also serves on the board of directors for the Northern Virginia Technology Council.[7]

Appian

Calkins left MicroStrategy in 1999 in order to launch Appian Corporation.[10][11] He was 26 years old.[12][13] Appian creates low-code software that helps businesses build apps more quickly.[14][15][16] It is used by government agencies including the United States Food and Drug Administration, and private companies such as T-Mobile, Bayer, and Exelon Corp.[17] The company went public in 2017 and Calkins owns just under half of it.[18]

Board Gamer

Calkins is well-known for designing board games and playing competitively.[19] He has collected 1,000 games,[20] and has won a number of events at the World Boardgaming Championships.[21][22][23][24] His philosophy is that business and gaming have a lot of similarities: business skills can make someone a better game player, and playing games helps to make him a better CEO.[25][26]

Calkins has also been a contributor for The New York Times.[27]

Calkins created the board games Sekigahara, Tin Goose, Charioteer, and Magnet.[28][29][30]

  • Sekigahara: players recreate a battle from shogunate Japan[31][32]
  • Charioteer: a strategic racing game set in ancient Rome[33]
  • Magnet: an “abstract game where players try to get their king to the middle of the board” [8] (runner-up for Games Magazine’s Abstract Game of the Year, 2010[34])

References

  1. ↑ Konrad, Alex. "Meet Matt Calkins: Billionaire, Board Game God And Tech's Hidden Disruptor". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  2. ↑ "Matt Calkins: World-class board game player-turned-tech firm Appian CEO". NS Business. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  3. ↑ Rogers, Bruce. "Matt Calkins Builds Appian As A Platform For Digital Transformation And A Culture Of Shared Values". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  4. ↑ "Matt Calkins, Appian Corp: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Konrad, Alex. "Meet Matt Calkins: Billionaire, Board Game God And Tech's Hidden Disruptor". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  6. ↑ Rogers, Bruce. "Matt Calkins Builds Appian As A Platform For Digital Transformation And A Culture Of Shared Values". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Matt Calkins Appointed to NVTC Board of Directors". WashingtonExec. 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  8. ↑ "Appian's board is giving its CEO a big potential bonus. He intends to donate it to charity". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ "Greater Washington's newest billionaire is a familiar face — and he won't be distracted". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ Konrad, Alex. "Meet Matt Calkins: Billionaire, Board Game God And Tech's Hidden Disruptor". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  11. ↑ "Matt Calkins: World-class board game player-turned-tech firm Appian CEO". NS Business. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  12. ↑ "Matt Calkins: World-class board game player-turned-tech firm Appian CEO". NS Business. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  13. ↑ Konrad, Alex. "Meet Matt Calkins: Billionaire, Board Game God And Tech's Hidden Disruptor". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  14. ↑ Konrad, Alex. "Meet Matt Calkins: Billionaire, Board Game God And Tech's Hidden Disruptor". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  15. ↑ "Matt Calkins: World-class board game player-turned-tech firm Appian CEO". NS Business. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  16. ↑ Rogers, Bruce. "Matt Calkins Builds Appian As A Platform For Digital Transformation And A Culture Of Shared Values". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  17. ↑ "Bizjournals". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  18. ↑ Konrad, Alex. "Meet Matt Calkins: Billionaire, Board Game God And Tech's Hidden Disruptor". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  19. ↑ "Appian CEO sees games as serious business". Washington Technology. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  20. ↑ "Appian CEO sees games as serious business". Washington Technology. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  21. ↑ Konrad, Alex. "Meet Matt Calkins: Billionaire, Board Game God And Tech's Hidden Disruptor". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  22. ↑ "Matt Calkins: World-class board game player-turned-tech firm Appian CEO". NS Business. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  23. ↑ "Matthew Calkins". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  24. ↑ Kira (2022-08-30). "Federal Contractors/Technology: MATT CALKINS". Virginia Business. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  25. ↑ "Appian CEO sees games as serious business". Washington Technology. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  26. ↑ jirehl (2021-04-29). "Billionaire Beat: Appian CEO Matt Calkins Emphasizes Innovation And Strategy Professionally And Personally | The Software Report". Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  27. ↑ "What a Board Game Can Teach a C.E.O. (Published 2013)". The New York Times. 2013-08-17. Retrieved 2020-11-19.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  28. ↑ Konrad, Alex. "Meet Matt Calkins: Billionaire, Board Game God And Tech's Hidden Disruptor". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  29. ↑ "Matt Calkins: World-class board game player-turned-tech firm Appian CEO". NS Business. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  30. ↑ "Matt Calkins | Board Game Designer | BoardGameGeek". boardgamegeek.com. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  31. ↑ Konrad, Alex. "Meet Matt Calkins: Billionaire, Board Game God And Tech's Hidden Disruptor". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  32. ↑ "Matt Calkins: World-class board game player-turned-tech firm Appian CEO". NS Business. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  33. ↑ "Charioteer". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  34. ↑ "Appian CEO sees games as serious business". Washington Technology. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2023-09-06.

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