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Appian Executive Compensation (FY25)

APPN · Mclean, VA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 8, 2026
251 figures on this page: 244 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Matthew Calkins was paid $2,941,276 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer, President, Founder, and Chairman of the Board for fiscal 2025, and Calkins' total was 155.7% higher than the $1,150,276 reported for fiscal 2024. The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 14.4:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $204,319. Shareholders recorded 99.8% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held June 3, 2026 for fiscal 2025. The fiscal 2025 disclosure covers 6 named executive officers.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Matthew Calkins
Median of the other named officers
$1,905,929
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 3, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Matthew Calkins: $1,150,276 → $2,941,276 (155.7% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 7.1:1 → 14.4:1 (102.0% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Appian's chief executive and what were they paid?
Matthew Calkins was paid $2,941,276 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer, President, Founder, and Chairman of the Board for fiscal 2025. Calkins' total was 155.7% higher than the $1,150,276 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Appian's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders recorded 99.8% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held June 3, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
What is Appian's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 14.4:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $204,319.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Matthew Calkins
Chief Executive Officer, President, Founder, and Chairman of the Board
◇——◇◇—◇◇
Christopher Winters
General Counsel and Secretary
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Mark Matheos
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Eric Cross
Former Chief Revenue Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇◇◇———◇◇
Pavel Zamudio-Ramirez
Chief Customer Officer
◇———◇—◇◇
Mark Lynch
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Christopher Jones
Former Chief Revenue Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mark Matheos
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Matthew Calkins
Chief Executive Officer, President, Founder, and Chairman of the Board
◇———◇—◇◇
Pavel Zamudio-Ramirez
Chief Customer Officer
◇———◇—◇◇
Christopher Winters
General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Robert Kramer
General Manager
◇———◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Mark Matheos
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇◇◇———◇◇
Pavel Zamudio-Ramirez
Chief Customer Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Matthew Calkins
Chief Executive Officer, President, Founder, and Chairman of the Board
◇———◇—◇◇
Christopher Winters
General Counsel and Secretary
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Robert Kramer
General Manager
◇———◇—◇◇
Mark Lynch
Former Interim Chief Financial Officer
Served on an interim basis
◇◇◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Srdjan Tanjga
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Mark Dorsey
Chief Revenue Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Matthew Calkins
Chief Executive Officer, President, Founder, and Chairman of the Board
◇—◇———◇◇
Pavel Zamudio-Ramirez
Chief Customer Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Mark Lynch
Former Interim Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
Served on an interim basis
◇◇————◇◇
Robert Kramer
General Manager
◇—◇———◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Mark DorseyPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Mark DorseyPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Mark DorseyPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Matthew CalkinsPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Pavel Zamudio-RamirezPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Pavel Zamudio-RamirezPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Pavel Zamudio-RamirezPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Robert KramerPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Robert KramerPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Srdjan TanjgaPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Srdjan TanjgaPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Srdjan TanjgaPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Mark DorseyRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Robert KramerRSU◇◇——
Srdjan TanjgaRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Matthew CalkinsOption◇—◇6/7/2032
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Carl Boe Hartman II
◇◇————◇
A.G.W. Jack Biddle, III
◇◇————◇
Carl "Boe" Hartman II
◇◇————◇
Barbara "Bobbie" Kilberg
◇◇————◇
Shirley A. Edwards
◇◇————◇
William D. McCarthy
◇◇————◇
Barbara Bobbie Kilberg
◇◇————◇
A.G.W. "Jack" Biddle III
◇◇————◇
Mark Lynch
◇◇————◇
Matthew Calkins, Michael Beckley, David Link and Robert C. Kramer served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Equity is delivered as Fully-vested shares of Class A common stock.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 3, 2026=◇◇◇
2024June 4, 2025=◇◇◇
2023June 6, 2024=◇◇◇
2022June 13, 2023=◇◇◇
2021June 7, 2022=◇◇◇
2020June 11, 2021=◇◇◇
2019June 9, 2020=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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Citations

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251 figures on this page: 244 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints.
244 cited to the filing
7 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001441683-26-000036
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001441683-26-000021
    2025 Director Compensation Table · CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS FOR 2025 · and 3 more sections
  3. 0001441683-25-000046
  4. 0001441683-25-000031
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  5. 0001441683-24-000055
  6. 0001441683-24-000034
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  7. 0001441683-23-000059
  8. 0001441683-23-000042
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  9. 0001441683-22-000063
  10. 0001441683-21-000050
  11. 0001441683-20-000076
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APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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