High 27% short interest Appian Corp. provides business process management (BPM) solutions. Its BPM tools automate and measures business processes. The firm's products include BPM software, case management, mobile application development, and platform-as-a-service. The company was founded by Matt Calkins, Robert C. Kramer, Marc Wilson, and Michael Beckley in 1999 and is headquartered in Reston, V A.