Matt Beran Had to Solve Case Management Chaos. Now He Works for the Company That Turned It Around.
Matt Beran already had a law degree and years of experience as a Navy JAG Corps officer when he received an unexpected new assignment: fix the Navy’s case management chaos by stepping into a knowledge management role. “I had no idea what knowledge management was,” said Beran, now industry lead for Defense and Intelligence Programs
Army Awards Appian $500M Enterprise Software Agreement
Appian has won a new Enterprise Agreement with the U.S. Army that allows the service to buy up to $500 million in Appian platform licenses, maintenance, support and cloud services over 10 years. “This award reflects the Army’s strategic IT vision for modernization by consolidating contract actions across the Army into a single Enterprise Agreement
Top Public Sector Leaders to Watch in 2026: Appian’s Matt Chong
Matt Chong Senior Vice President, Public Sector, Appian Matt Chong’s biggest achievement will be transforming Appian’s go-to-market organization to better align with the needs of public sector customers and the critical missions they support. His team will be structured so every decision puts customers first. That includes delivering AI solutions that work and can be
WATCH: Harnessing AI in Process Intelligence for Government Efficiency with Appian’s Jason Adolf
Amanda Ziadeh of WashingtonExec interviews Jason Adolf, vice president of global public sector at Appian, on how AI-driven process intelligence is reshaping government operations. Adolf breaks down key challenges like aging infrastructure and tight budgets, and explains how modern tools improve efficiency, transparency and resilience. He also outlines how Appian helps agencies modernize without expensive
Appian’s Matt Beran on Providing Government with IT Systems that ‘Evolve and Expand over Time’
In the defense and intel worlds, technology modernization is a pressing challenge. The U.S. and its allied partners “are trying to modernize and transform really old IT systems — systems that date back decades, if not generations,” said Matt Beran. In an ever-changing IT environment, they need not just updated solutions, but “systems that are
Top Public Sector Leaders to Watch in 2025: Appian’s Jason Adolf
Jason Adolf Vice President of Global Public Sector Vertical, Appian Jason Adolf’s team set a new record for net new revenue in Appian’s global public sector vertical, achieving significant growth across all regions. Adolf credits his team’s expertise and business development efforts for driving this success. “Jason is an expansive thinker with an entrepreneurial spirit,”
Chief Officer Awards Finalist Myles Weber: ‘Be Focused on Where You Spend Your Time’
The finalists for WashingtonExec’s Chief Officer Awards were announced March 28, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person May 10. Next is Myles Weber, chief information officer at Appian, and finalist in the Private and Public Chief Information Officer category. Here, he shares key achievements, focus areas going
WATCH: Appian’s Ben Allen on Recently Launched ProcureSight Solution for Government
WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh sits down with Ben Allen, public sector solutions vice president at Appian, to discuss the company’s recent launch of ProcureSight, a standalone data service that leverages Appian AI, data fabric and semantic search to make it easier to find and process public procurement data sets from sources like USASpending.gov and SAM.gov. Allen
GovCon Reacts to New SEC Reporting Rules
Two months into new rules around when public companies must disclose major cybersecurity breaches, some questions remain. But visibility into the cyber landscape may also be opening up in new ways. WashingtonExec recently reached out for member feedback on how the impact the changes are having so far. What changed? The Securities and Exchange Commission
Ask a Tech Exec: 5 Questions for Appian’s Jason Adolf on New Framework for Optimizing Agency Case Management
WashingtonExec speaks with leading government technology executives about the latest trends in digital solutions for improving agency operations and serving constituents better. These interviews showcase new capabilities that can transform the way organizations leverage technology to execute their missions. Here, Jason Adolf, industry vice president of global public sector for Appian, shares insights on a
Appian Taps Randy Guard as CMO
Randy Guard has joined Appian as chief marketing officer, bringing the executive team over 35 years of experience in marketing, product strategy and technology leadership. Guard will oversee the company’s global marketing efforts, focusing on delivering Appian’s end-to-end process automation vision and the Appian Platform to organizations worldwide. Guard spent 20 years at SAS, ultimately
Top AI Execs to Watch in 2023: Appian’s Jason Adolf
Jason Adolf Industry Vice President of Global Public Sector, Education, and Aerospace, Appian Corp. The Appian public sector business has experienced tremendous growth in the past year, which includes onboarding three new cabinet-level agencies, including the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jason Adolf has also been working closely with the company’s security and compliance team to
Appian Launches Appian Protect for Enhanced Monitoring, End-to-End Encryption
Appian has rolled out Appian Protect, a new set of security offerings providing data monitoring and end-to-end encryption for cloud and mobile applications. Appian Protect gives Appian customers more control over their security posture, with top-tier encryption capabilities, 24x7x365 monitoring, defense-in-depth data protection and a host of compliance accreditations. “Appian has an established track record
WATCH: Industry, Government IT Leaders Share Digital Modernization Hurdles, Efforts, Best Practices
In this IT modernization panel hosted by WashingtonExec, executives from industry and government discuss successful modernization efforts, the importance of collaboration in all stages of the IT transformation life cycle, and how upskilling/retraining the workforce plays a role when adopting new technology or cyber tools. Moderator: Amanda Ziadeh, senior writer with WashingtonExec Panelists: Josh Jackson,
Appian’s Andrew Cunje is Securing IT Solutions to Accelerate Modernization Efforts
Andrew Cunje joined the Appian team in May 2021. As chief information security officer, he brings over 20 years’ experience in security and compliance initiatives, having ran security engineering and operations for the Salesforce Public Sector software-as-a-service offerings. In his off hours, he’s an avid gamer, crypto enthusiast and motorcyclist. By day, Cunje is focused
Top 10 CISOs to Watch in 2021: Appian’s Omesh Agam
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Appian’s security perimeter model had to fundamentally change to ensure resilience and security in the new era of 100% remote work. “To support this, we did something big: We built our own . . . security, orchestration, automation and response to automate security incident investigations,” said Omesh Agam, chief information
Top CIOs to Watch in 2020: Appian’s Myles Weber
Myles Weber’s role at Appian is an unusual one for a chief information officer. “Many software companies don’t have a CIO,” he said. “If they do, he or she focuses on the nuts and bolts of infrastructure.” Weber, however, is a self-proclaimed business CIO, and his long-standing mandate from his CEO is to focus and
Top 30 Public Sector Leaders to Watch in 2020: Appian’s Jason Adolf
Jason Adolf advises government customers on ways to maximize their digital transformation and modernization investments. In his 20 years of government IT experience, Adolf has delivered complex technical solutions to federal clients including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the General Services Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Food and Drug Administration and numerous
WATCH: Appian’s Jason Adolf Talks Customers’ Changing Needs During COVID-19, Appian Solutions to Help
Tune in as senior reporter Amanda Ziadeh and Jason Adolf, industry vice president of global public sector at Appian, discuss how GovCon is adapting and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and agencies’ changing priorities. Adolf shares how he and his team have seen the needs of customers change during the COVID-19 pandemic, two helpful apps
Appian’s Derek Kissos’ Career is Powered by Good Leaders, Golf and Gratitude
When reflecting on his career, Derek Kissos attributes many of the opportunities in his life to strong leaders, good mentors, a passion for mission and unexpectedly, golf. Kissos is the industry lead for the Global Defense & Intelligence business at Appian Corp., a software development company headquartered in McLean, Virginia. His career, however, began in
Save the Date: NVTC’s First Industry-Focused Impact AI Summit, March 21
The Northern Virginia Technology Council’s inaugural Impact AI 2019 summit on March 21 will gather technologists in government and tech executives from companies in the region making advancements in artificial intelligence. The all-day event kicks off 7 a.m. at the Inova Center for Personalized Health Conference Center in Fairfax, Virginia, and will open with keynote
Northern Virginia Technology Council Announces 2018 Greater Washington Technology CFO Award Winners
The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) announced the winners of the 22nd Annual Greater Washington Technology CFO Awards at a ceremony held at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner. The CFO Awards recognize local chief financial officers for outstanding achievement and excellence in promoting the area’s technology community. In addition, NVTC honored industry leader Todd Headley
NVTC Announces 2017 Tech Awards Winners
The Northern Virginia Technology Council presented its 2017 NVTC Tech Awards at the annual banquet TechCelebration, honoring those who contributed to technology innovation and supported veterans employment. Larry Prior of CSRA was named Tech Executive of the Year, The MITRE Corp. was recognized for Tech Patent of the Year and PRISM Inc. was given the
Matt Calkins Appointed to NVTC Board of Directors
Appian Co-Founder and CEO Matt Calkins has been named to the Northern Virginia Technology Council board of directors along with three other individuals. The largest technology council in the nation, NVTC serves about 1,000 companies and represents about 300,000 employees in the region. Calkins founded Appian, a leading low-code software development platform, in 1999 when
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