Shaun Clowes is the General Manager for Confluent and Data at IBM, where he is responsible for leading the next generation of data products. His career has centered on building products and understanding the underlying problems they solve. Confluent, a data streaming platform, is relied on by over 6,500 enterprises for real-time operations.

Prior to joining Confluent, Clowes served as Chief Product Officer at MuleSoft, a Salesforce company.