Stephanie Buscemi

What drives me is building categories and growth engines for the AI era. I turn category vision into commercial motion, where story meets system, and inspiration meets impact. As CMO at Confluent, I lead Global Marketing, Developer Relations, Field CTOs, Technology Strategy, Field Enablement, and SDRs, helping organizations put data in motion with the world's leading data streaming platform. I believe every AI challenge is a data challenge. AI runs on real-time data, and data streaming is the foundation that connects data to action. My passion is turning category vision into commercial momentum, combining strategy, storytelling, community, and execution to drive customer success and sustainable growth. Outside of Confluent, I advise founders and leadership teams on category creation, AI and GTM strategy, positioning, growth, PLG, org design, and scaling companies from early traction to market leadership. I also love mentoring the next gen of leaders and firmly believe that great careers are built when we invest in others and pay it forward.