Optimal Blue Chief Architect Scott Klueppel named to HousingWire's 2026 Insiders list

Recognition highlights Klueppel's leadership in shaping the engineering foundation behind Optimal Blue's technology

PLANO, Texas, Aug. 3, 2026 – Optimal Blue today announced that Scott Klueppel, chief architect and director of enterprise architecture, has been named to HousingWire's 2026 Insiders list. The annual program honors behind-the-scenes operational leaders who are vital to their organizations' success in driving innovation across mortgage and real estate.

Klueppel was recognized for his leading role in building the architecture of Optimal Blue’s AI enabled features. His efforts have also played a key role in supporting the company's shift from a traditional software development model to an AI Development Lifecycle, where artificial intelligence is embedded into every stage of engineering, from requirements gathering through deployment and governance. Beyond leading Optimal Blue's enterprise architecture strategy, Klueppel has helped institutionalize AI adoption across the engineering organization by assisting the company's GitHub Copilot program and establishing cross-functional governance and knowledge-sharing initiatives that accelerate innovation while promoting consistent engineering practices.

"Scott has been instrumental in building the architecture behind our AI features and has made a lasting impact on how we build software," said Seever Sulaiman, chief technology officer at Optimal Blue. "He understood early that AI's potential depends on the right architecture, governance and engineering culture, and he built exactly that. Scott masters emerging technologies quickly, applies them with precision and builds foundations that last. What he has created is already accelerating innovation across Optimal Blue’s platform and will continue to shape how we deliver for our clients."

"The HousingWire Insiders award recognizes the operational leaders whose expertise and execution help their organizations thrive," said HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler. "For more than a decade, we've celebrated the professionals who solve complex challenges, lead critical initiatives and make a lasting impact behind the scenes. Their work is essential not only to their companies, but to the continued advancement of the housing industry."

Klueppel brings more than 20 years of enterprise technology architecture experience to his role at Optimal Blue, including time at Citigroup and Black Knight. He has served as a foundational architect of the Resitrader loan trading marketplace and as principal architect and lead implementer for multiple applications within the CompassEdge hedging and loan trading platform.

For a complete list of 2026 HousingWire Insiders honorees, visit HousingWire.com.

About Optimal Blue

Optimal Blue powers strategic performance across the mortgage capital markets ecosystem. As the industry’s only end-to-end capital markets platform, our technology, data and integrations bridge the primary and secondary markets to help lenders of all sizes optimize performance – from pricing accuracy to margin protection and every step in between. Backed by over 20 years of proven expertise, our modern, cloud-native technology delivers the real-time automation, actionable data and seamless connectivity lenders need to navigate market volatility and scale for growth. To learn more about how Optimal Blue helps deliver measurable ROI, visit OptimalBlue.com.

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