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Stefan Frehse

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Director Engineering at HiveMQ
📍 Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Stefan is the Director of Engineering at HiveMQ, where he has progressed through several leadership roles. He holds a Dr. -Ing. from the University of Bremen, specializing in the fault tolerance and robustness of digital circuits. Colleagues describe him as a "true leader" with "strong empathy" who excels at leading technical teams.

Stefan received a Best Paper Award in 2010 for his academic work on a "better-than-worst-case robustness measure. "

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Director Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Engineering Leadership
Has been promoted from Engineering Manager to Director at HiveMQ and is described in recommendations as a "true leader".
IoT Messaging
As a director at HiveMQ, a leading MQTT platform provider, he is deeply involved in the IoT messaging space.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Director Engineering
HiveMQ
5-2024 - 10-2025
Senior Engineering Manager
HiveMQ
11-2022 - 5-2024
Engineering Manager
HiveMQ
2-2022 - 8-2022
Head of Software Engineering
cellumation GmbH
5-2021 - 10-2022
CTO
stackstream
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Education
2009 - 2013
Dr.-Ing.
University of Bremen
2004 - 2009
Dipl.-Inf.
University of Bremen
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