APPEN, INC.
WINTER PARK, FLORIDA

Life at Appen At Appen, we’re committed to delivering the high-quality, human- annotated data needed to power machine learning and artificial intelligence. We’re a growing company that works with some of the world’s leading global technology companies, including innovators in Johan joined Appen in October 2012 as CTO, and is responsible for building innovative tools that help Appen capture and enrich a wide variety of data types. After spending more than 10 years as a software engineer at Autodesk, Johan Wikman embarked on a series of successful entrepreneurial ventures. Taking on increasing responsibility at each company, Johan has built complete engineering teams from scratch and transformed existing teams into productive, agile development groups. Most recently, Johan was responsible for transforming and managing one of Zynga’s game development groups. Before Zynga, Johan served as Keibi’s VP of engineering, responsible for building a team that combined local and offshore (Chinese) resources and for managing Keibi’s large, multitenant, hosted solution. Chris is the Non-Executive Chairman of Appen having formerly served as Appen CEO from 1999-2010. Prior to joining Appen, Chris served for 20 years in senior executive positions with the Australian telecommunications carrier Telstra Corporation Limited, playing a leading role in the development and deployment of innovative internet services, multimedia, and pay television. Chris is a former Chairman of the Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering at The University of Sydney. Mark joined Appen in July 2015 as CEO and is responsible for the company’s leadership, strategy and culture. Mark has over twenty-five years’ experience in technology and services. Prior to joining Appen, Mark was CEO of MST Global, a provider of technology solutions to the resources sector. Before that he was the CEO of Integrated Research Limited (ASX:IRI), an international software company listed on the Australian Stock exchange. Mark was also COO of the HR outsourcing company Talent2 (ASX:TWO) and CEO of Concept Systems (ASX:CSI) before its merger with Talent2. Steve Hasker has been a non-executive director of Appen since 7 April 2015. Steve is Chief Executive Officer of Creative Artists Agency Global, based in Los Angeles where he oversees CAA’s commercial activities. Prior to joining CAA in January 2018, Steve was Global President and COO of Nielsen, based in New York, responsible for Nielsen’s commercial and product activities across all of its media and consumer businesses. Prior to joining Nielsen in 2009, he was a partner at McKinsey & Company’s Global Media, Entertainment and Information practice in New York. Before joining McKinsey, Steve spent five years in several financial roles in the U.S., Russia and Australia. Robin Low has been a non-executive director of Appen since 30 October 2014. Her other directorships include AUB Group Limited (AUB), CSG Limited (CSV), IPH Limited (IPH), Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation and she is the deputy chairman of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. Previously Robin had a 28 year career at PricewaterhouseCoopers where she was a partner specialising in assurance and risk, mainly in financial services. Robin is also involved with not-for-profit organizations and serves on the boards of Public Education Foundation, Primary Ethics and Sydney Medical School Foundation. William (Bill) Pulver has been a non-executive director of Appen since 31 January 2013. Bill was the CEO of the Australian Rugby Union from 2013-2018 having formerly served as Appen CEO from 2010-2012. Previously he was the President and CEO of NetRatings, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed company (NTRT), specializing in Internet media and market research. Prior to this Bill held leadership roles at ACNielsen with eRatings.com, Pacific region and Australia. Deena Shiff has been a Non-Executive Director since May 2015. Deena has enjoyed a distinguished business career covering senior roles in the legal profession and in corporate positions. She was a partner in the leading law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques before rejoining Telstra Corporation where she rose to Group Managing Director. She holds several other non-executive director roles, including Chairman of BAI Communications and director on the board of Infrastructure Australia. She was previously a director of the Citadel Group Limited (ASX:CGL). Deena holds a degree in law from Cambridge University and a degree in economics from the London School of Economics, both with honours. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Appen is a global leader in the development of high-quality, human-annotated datasets for machine learning and artificial intelligence. Level 6, 9 Help Street “Appen cultivates leadership from within and challenges employees to seek professional development through their daily tasks and externally. The work at home option is top tier and provides tremendous flexibility.” Appen “One of my favorite parts about Appen is that they’re dedicated to personal development. They work it into your annual goals and push you to strive for continuous learning. This includes membership to an online learning system where you can take courses on almost any topic.” Business Development Executive Appen “Appen has a fantastic support system built around its full-time employees. You can quickly and easily get help and interaction with your managers or directors whenever you need it. The size of the company is great, as you often get to have stronger relationship with executives than with the average company.” About Appen We’re driven to create value for our clients, provide flexible jobs for our crowd, and foster a nurturing working environment for all of our employees. Appen is proud to be recognized by various leading organizations. Received Technology Growth Company of the Year Award in the 2017 Australian Growth Company Awards. Recognized by FlexJobs as a Top 100 Company to Watch for Remote Jobs 2014-2018,