Proven executive brings over 25 years of
strategic sales leadership experience to process automation
industry leader
LONDON, Oct. 23,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) today
announced the appointment of Mark
Dorsey as Chief Revenue Officer. Dorsey will lead the
company's global sales operation to accelerate growth, including
through direct sales and partnerships. He will report to Appian's
CEO, Matt Calkins.
"I'm thrilled to join Appian and collaborate with the entire
team to accelerate growth," said Mark
Dorsey, Chief Revenue Officer, Appian. "I look forward to
partnering with our customers to ensure their success using
Appian's trusted process automation technology to transform their
organizations."
Dorsey brings over 25 years of experience leading sales teams in
cloud and SaaS companies, with executive roles at Oracle, IBM, and
most recently Alteryx. At Oracle, he served as SVP of Enterprise
Cloud Sales, where he was instrumental in launching Oracle's cloud
business and transitioning the sales organization from an
on-premise focus to cloud-based solutions. He also led the cloud
business for Oracle's top 1,000 North American accounts, driving
strategic initiatives and building long-term customer
relationships. After leading the cloud team, Dorsey led the Retail
Vertical, driving growth in cloud, on premise software, and
hardware as the SVP of the Retail Vertical for North America. In an earlier role, Dorsey led
Oracle's Retail and Healthcare Verticals within the Technology
Division for North America, where
he managed sales for both sectors and oversaw key areas such as
database, middleware, business intelligence, and cloud platform
services.
"I'm excited to welcome Mark to Appian," said Matt Calkins, CEO. "He's a natural leader with a
talent for creating high-performing, scalable teams."
In addition, Appian is reaffirming its guidance for the third
quarter of 2024 and full year ending December 31, 2024, previously provided in its Q2
earnings release and conference call on August 1, 2024.
About Appian
Appian is a software company that orchestrates business
processes. The Appian Platform empowers leaders to design,
automate, and optimize important processes from start to finish.
With our industry-leading platform and commitment to customer
success, Appian is trusted by top organizations to drive
transformational process change. For more information, visit
appian.com. [Nasdaq: APPN]
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. All statements contained in this press release other than
statements of historical facts, including statements regarding
Appian's future financial and business performance for the third
quarter and full year 2024, are forward-looking statements. The
words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "estimate," "expect,"
"intend," "may," "will," "plan," and similar expressions are
intended to identify forward-looking statements. Appian has based
these forward-looking statements on its current expectations and
projections about future events and financial trends that Appian
believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations,
business strategy, short-term and long-term business operations and
objectives, and financial needs. These forward-looking statements
are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the
risks and uncertainties associated with Appian's ability to grow
its business and manage its growth, Appian's ability to sustain its
revenue growth rate, continued market acceptance of Appian's
AI-Powered Process platform and adoption of low-code solutions to
drive digital transformation, the fluctuation of Appian's operating
results due to the length and variability of its sales cycle,
competition in the markets in which Appian operates, AI being a
disruptive set of technologies that may affect the markets for
Appian's software dramatically and in unpredictable ways, risks and
uncertainties associated with the composition and concentration of
Appian's customer base and their demand for its platform and
satisfaction with the services provided by Appian, Appian's ability
to operate in compliance with applicable laws and regulations,
Appian's strategic relationships with third parties, and additional
risks and uncertainties set forth in the "Risk Factors" section of
Appian's most recent annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports
on Form 10-Q, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Moreover, Appian operates in a very competitive and
rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time.
It is not possible for Appian's management to predict all risks,
nor can Appian assess the impact of all factors on its business or
the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may
cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in
any forward-looking statements Appian may make. In light of these
risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, Appian cannot guarantee
future results, levels of activity, performance, achievements, or
events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking
statements will occur. Appian is under no duty to update any of
these forward-looking statements after the date of this press
release to conform these statements to actual results or revised
expectations, except as required by law.
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