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Matthew Calkins and the rules of the long game
At Appian, Matthew Calkins builds software for complicated organizations. At the game table, he turns history into decisions. Both pursuits reveal a founder preoccupied with what makes people act.
Synergy’s big idea: borrow what works.
Government software has a habit of outliving its welcome. Synergy helps federal agencies replace it by adapting proven platforms, connecting the awkward parts, and bringing users along.
HumanIT Solutions and the nine-month shortcut
NASA deployed a new contract management system in nine months by adapting software that already worked. HumanIT Solutions has made that unglamorous idea a federal IT business.
Randy Guard Has Spent a Career Making Complicated Technology Make Sense
An electrical engineer wandered into marketing and stayed for the hard part: translating complex systems into reasons people care. After SAS, Spreedly, and Appian, Randy Guard is taking that habit to Liminal's market-intelligence business.
David Crozier Is Selling AI With His Feet on the Ground
After decades explaining enterprise software at IBM and HPE, Appian's CMO has arrived at a useful doctrine for the AI age: begin with the work, keep the claims honest, and let customers tell you what matters.
Kevin Spurway Makes Complicated Software Sound Simple
A Harvard-trained lawyer found his calling in enterprise software, then built a career turning dense technology into clear language at the moments companies needed it most.