# Armeen Mazda

> Armeen Mazda is the co-founder and CEO of Appeon, the software company responsible for developing, selling, and supporting PowerBuilder under a 2016 agreement with SAP. A Haas School of Business graduate and named inventor on five U.S. web-application patents, he has spent more than two decades working where enterprise software meets modernization - helping developers move established applications toward web, mobile, cloud, and current development practices without discarding the systems they already understand.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Appeon
- **Organizations:** Appeon, NetUpSide
- **Education:** University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Appeon and became its CEO after serving in product management, business development, and operations., Named co-inventor on five U.S. patents in web-application technologies., Led Appeon into its 2016 agreement with SAP to develop, sell, and support an offering powered by PowerBuilder technology.

## Career timeline

- **1997-1999** — Studied at and graduated from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
- **Before 2000** — Co-founded NetUpSide, described by Appeon as a Silicon Valley incubator of high-tech startups.
- **1999** — Co-founded Appeon, which was established by a group of Silicon Valley technology professionals.
- **2000** — Began working with PowerBuilder technologies; later served in product management, business development, and operations at Appeon before becoming CEO.
- **2001-2002** — Named as a co-inventor on U.S. patent applications covering web-page updates, browser-based remote calls, data transmission, HTML UI controls, and conversion of Windows UI logic for the browser.
- **2005-2006** — Five related U.S. web-application patents associated with Appeon were granted.
- **2009** — As Appeon's president and CEO, articulated a modernization strategy based on preserving existing developer investments while moving applications toward newer platforms.
- **2012** — Presented Appeon Mobile and cross-OS mobile applications with PowerBuilder at SAP TechEd.
- **2016** — Led Appeon as it signed an agreement with SAP to develop, sell, and support its own offering powered by PowerBuilder technology.
- **2024** — Delivered PowerBuilder roadmap keynotes at Elevate 2024 and at PowerBuilder release seminars in Osaka and Tokyo.
- **2025** — Presented the PowerBuilder 2025 roadmap to user groups in London and Berlin and opened Elevate 2025 with Appeon's long-term product priorities.
- **2026** — Continued as Appeon CEO as PowerBuilder 2025 R2 shipped; Appeon announced him for October roadmap presentations in Florence and London.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Appeon and became its CEO after serving in product management, business development, and operations.
- Named co-inventor on five U.S. patents in web-application technologies.
- Led Appeon into its 2016 agreement with SAP to develop, sell, and support an offering powered by PowerBuilder technology.
- Maintained a long-running public roadmap dialogue through Appeon Elevate conferences and regional PowerBuilder user groups.
- Helped position Appeon's products around web, mobile, cloud, and application-modernization paths for existing PowerBuilder applications.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Appeon announced Mazda as a presenter for October 2026 PowerBuilder roadmap sessions in Florence and London, focused on PowerBuilder 2025 R2 and upcoming AI developer features.
- **2026-06** — Appeon released PowerBuilder 2025 R2 with IDE refinements, stronger application security, and expanded environment compatibility under Mazda's continued leadership as CEO.
- **2025-12** — Opened Elevate 2025 with Appeon's long-term priorities for PowerBuilder: productivity, security, interoperability, and compatibility, followed by roadmap Q&A.
- **2025-04** — Scheduled as Appeon's CEO to present the PowerBuilder 2025 roadmap at the German PowerBuilder User Group meeting in Berlin and attend the UK PowerBuilder User Group meeting in London.
- **2024-12** — Delivered the opening roadmap overview at Elevate 2024 and hosted a PowerBuilder Roadmap community discussion.
- **2024-07** — Gave keynote presentations on PowerBuilder features, PowerServer, and the roadmap at release seminars in Osaka and Tokyo.

## Links

- Website: https://www.appeon.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asmazda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Appeon

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Last updated: 2026-08-17