Confluent has appointed Stephen Deasy as its Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Deasy will oversee the development and scaling of Confluent’s data streaming platform. He will lead the engineering team’s vision, strategy, and daily operations, with a focus on expanding the platform’s capabilities in AI and real-time data processing.
Deasy will be responsible for strengthening Confluent’s infrastructure to support the deployment of use cases such as agentic AI, customer experience personalisation, and automated operations.
“Stephen brings a wealth of experience scaling engineering teams and building platforms that power the world’s most demanding systems,” said Jay Kreps, Co-Founder and CEO at Confluent. “With his leadership, we’ll move even faster to help customers turn data streams into a foundation for AI, smarter decisions, and entirely new classes of real-time applications.”
Deasy has more than two decades of experience in engineering leadership at software firms. Prior to joining Confluent, he was CTO at Benchling, where he led the company’s global product and platform teams. He has also held senior roles at Atlassian, where he oversaw engineering for Jira, Confluence, Trello, and its cloud platform. His earlier experience includes leadership positions at VMware, EMC, and Groupon. He holds several patents and invests in early-stage technology companies.
“Confluent is defining what’s possible with streaming data, and I’m excited to be part of that journey,” said Stephen Deasy. “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 organisation.”
