Stefan Ott
Managing Director, CEO, Confinity Solutions GmbH
Bio
Stefan Ott is a visionary technology leader and entrepreneur, renowned for his pioneering contributions to low-latency messaging in global financial markets. With over three decades of industry experience, Stefan's career spans leading roles at Deutsche Börse, Reuters, and IBM, where he specialized in capital markets, market data infrastructure, and messaging systems.
In 2016, driven by a bold vision, Stefan founded Confinity Solutions by acquiring two niche IBM products WebSphere MQ LLM and WebSphere Front Office. Under his leadership, these legacy systems were transformed into cutting-edge solutions, culminating in the development of the Confinity Low Latency Messaging (CLLM) platform. CLLM is now a market-leading middleware known for its ultra-low latency, high throughput, and reliability serving major stock exchanges, brokers, and financial institutions across more than 10 countries.
Stefan's forward-thinking leadership has been instrumental in positioning Confinity Solutions as a trusted partner in FinTech. He has overseen the launch of CLLM 4.0, an FPGA-accelerated messaging solution achieving latencies in the microsecond range, with ambitions to reach nanosecond levels. Beyond financial services, he has championed the expansion of CLLM into the automotive and telecommunications sectors, where real-time, high-integrity messaging is vital.
A firm believer in inclusive, customer-centric leadership, Stefan fosters a global team culture rooted in linguistic and cultural diversity. He emphasizes active listening, continuous innovation, and staying attuned to market needs. His philosophy of “leading by example, not by orders” underscores his collaborative and agile approach to growth.
Today, Stefan stands as a trailblazer in real-time communication technologies reshaping the future of digital infrastructure with resilience, insight, and an unwavering commitment to excellence.
Personal Quote:
“Leadership means listening more than speaking, understanding customers and teams before acting. I lead by example, combining experience and curiosity to deliver fast, fair, reliable, and globally inclusive technology. - Stefan Ott”