Confluent, the data streaming pioneer, has announced Stephen Deasy as its Chief Technology Officer. Stephen will guide how Confluent builds and scales its platform, leading the engineering team’s vision, strategy, and day-to-day execution.
He will focus on advancing Confluent’s data streaming platform to support AI and real-time intelligence at global scale. His role will strengthen Confluent’s core infrastructure, enabling organizations to build and deploy real-time use cases like agentic AI, hyper-personalized customer experiences, and automated operations.
Stephen brings more than 20 years of experience leading engineering at high-growth software companies. Most recently, he built Benchling’s global product and platform teams as CTO. At Atlassian, he ran engineering for Jira, Confluence, Trello, and its cloud platform. He also held leadership roles at VMware, EMC, and Groupon. As a technologist, Stephen holds multiple patents and invests in early-stage technology companies.
Jay Kreps, co-founder and CEO at Confluent, said, “Stephen brings a wealth of experience scaling engineering teams and building platforms that power the world’s most demanding systems. With his leadership, we’ll move faster to help customers turn data streams into a foundation for AI, smarter decisions, and entirely new classes of real-time applications
Stephen Deasy said, “Confluent is defining what’s possible with streaming data, and I’m excited to be part of that journey. I’ve seen firsthand how real-time data can transform businesses. Now, I get to work with the best in the field to make this powerful technology easier to adopt and more impactful for every organization.”
