Matt Calkins
Matt Calkins is the co-founder, CEO, chairman, and president of Appian Corporation, and a world champion board gamer.[1][2][3][4]
Early life and career
Calkins grew up in Mill Valley, California.[1] He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1994 with a degree in economics.[1][3] He then joined MicroStrategy, a business software vendor[1] where he was the director of the Enterprise Product Group.[5] When he was 26, he left MicroStrategy and co-founded Appian.[5]
In 1999, Calkins co-founded Appian and began building software tools such as an intranet portal for the U.S. Army.[1] 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.[1] Appian later went public in May 2017.[1][6] As of 2019, Calkins owns just under half of the company, which is valued at $2.1 billion.[1][7]
Appian
Calkins left MicroStrategy in 1999 to launch Appian Corporation.[1][2] He was 26 years old.[2][1] Appian creates low-code software that helps businesses build apps more quickly.[1][2][3] 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.[8] The company went public in 2017 and Calkins owns just under half of it.[1]
Board gamer
Calkins is well-known for designing board games and playing competitively.[9] He has collected 1,000 games,[9] and has won a number of events at the World Boardgaming Championships.[1][2][10][11] 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 him to be a better CEO.[9][12]
He has created two board games: Sekigahara, which recreates the 1600 Battle of Sekigahara in Japan,[2] and Tin Goose, which challenges players to build one of the first commercial airlines.[1]
Calkins has also been a contributor for The New York Times.[13]
Calkins created the board games Sekigahara, Tin Goose, Charioteer, and Magnet.[1][2][14]
- Sekigahara: players recreate a battle from shogunate Japan[1][2]
- Tin Goose: players build one of the first commercial airlines[1][2]
- Charioteer: a strategic racing game set in ancient Rome[15]
- 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[9])
Other Involvement
In 2017, Calkins was named to the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) board of directors.[16] He also serves on the leadership council of the Virginia Public Access Project and the board of the Sorensen Institute.[17] He was previously on the board for the NVTC TechPAC.[18] Calkins was named to the 2022 Virginia 500: Federal Contractors - Technology.[19]
War against Ukraine
Calkins helped the Renew Democracy Initiative to create fight4ukraine.com, a website that tracks the world's response to Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.[20]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Konrad, Alex. "Meet Matt Calkins: Billionaire, Board Game God And Tech's Hidden Disruptor". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Matt Calkins: World-class board game player-turned-tech firm Appian CEO". NS Business. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Rogers, Bruce. "Matt Calkins Builds Appian As A Platform For Digital Transformation And A Culture Of Shared Values". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ↑ "Matt Calkins, Appian Corp: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Matt Calkins Appointed to NVTC Board of Directors". WashingtonExec. 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Greater Washington's newest billionaire is a familiar face — and he won't be distracted". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ↑ "Fast-growing Appian reports higher Q3 loss as expenses soar". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Appian CEO sees games as serious business". Washington Technology. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ↑ "Matthew Calkins". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ↑ Kira (2022-08-30). "Federal Contractors/Technology: MATT CALKINS". Virginia Business. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ↑ jirehl (2021-04-29). "Billionaire Beat: Appian CEO Matt Calkins Emphasizes Innovation And Strategy Professionally And Personally | The Software Report". Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ↑ "What a Board Game Can Teach a C.E.O. (Published 2013)". The New York Times. 2013-08-17. Retrieved 2020-11-19. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Matt Calkins | Board Game Designer | BoardGameGeek". boardgamegeek.com. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ↑ "Charioteer". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ↑ Kirkland, Rachel (2017-11-09). "Matt Calkins Appointed to NVTC Board of Directors | WashingtonExec". Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ↑ "vpap.org". The Virginia Public Access Project. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ↑ Kirkland, Rachel (2017-11-09). "Matt Calkins Appointed to NVTC Board of Directors | WashingtonExec". Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ↑ Kira (2022-08-30). "2022 Virginia 500: Federal Contractors | Technology". Virginia Business. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ↑ "Banning software sales to Russia a 'case of good and evil:' Appian CEO". Yahoo Finance. 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
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