CData Software announced the appointment of Raviv Levi as Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO), while also expanding its executive leadership team with Amit Naik joining as Vice President of AI Architecture and Craig Sanchez joining as Senior Vice President of Embedded Sales.
The company said the executive appointments come as enterprises increasingly seek secure, governed, and real-time access to enterprise data for conversational AI and autonomous agents.
Levi joins CData from Sift, where he served as Chief Product and Technology Officer. He also previously held leadership roles at Cisco, including Vice President of Security Strategy and Innovation for the company’s Security Business Group.
At CData, Levi will oversee product and technology strategy as the company expands its AI-focused data connectivity platform.
CData said its platform enables live access and data replication across more than 350 enterprise data sources, including SaaS applications, cloud platforms, and on-premises systems. The company’s Connect AI platform is designed to provide semantic context, governance controls, and secure connectivity for AI applications and autonomous agents. The platform integrates with systems including Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, and Agent 365.
Naik joins the company from Calix and previously held AI and infrastructure leadership positions at PayPal, Oracle, and Financial Engines. He will lead the development of CData’s enterprise AI architecture strategy.
Sanchez joins from Vectara and previously held leadership positions at Elastic and Cloudera. He will oversee the company’s embedded sales organization, helping software vendors integrate enterprise connectivity and AI data access capabilities into their products.
CData said its customer base includes organizations such as Adobe, Office Depot, GSK, UiPath, and Palantir.
KEY QUOTES:
“For years, enterprises focused on moving data for analytics. AI changes the equation. People are already using conversational AI to ask questions of their enterprise data, and autonomous agents are starting to take action on it. Both need live, governed, context-aware access to data wherever it lives. Raviv’s experience building and scaling enterprise technology platforms makes him the right leader to drive the next phase of growth at CData. We’re also excited to welcome Amit and Craig to the leadership team as we expand our AI platform and embedded partnerships to meet growing enterprise demand.”
Amit Sharma, Founder and CEO, CData Software
“The world has changed. In enterprise AI, the model layer is moving fast and orchestration is moving fast, but responsible access to data, with live connectivity, controls, and context, is quickly becoming the bottleneck for enterprises. That’s where CData already has a strong foundation, and that opportunity is exactly why I joined.”
Raviv Levi, Chief Product And Technology Officer, CData Software
“The AI architecture challenge for enterprises is clear: people need to ask questions of their data through conversational AI, and agents need to act on that data across dozens of systems, all in real time and with governance at every layer. I’m here to work with our customers and product teams to establish CData as the substrate that makes agentic AI safe, grounded, and operational at enterprise scale.”
Amit Naik, Vice President Of AI Architecture, CData Software
“Every software company building AI capabilities needs a data layer that can connect to enterprise systems and let agents act on that data with proper governance. That’s the embedded opportunity in front of CData right now, and it’s massive. I’m here to help scale the partnerships that get our connectivity into every AI-powered application in the market.”
Craig Sanchez, Senior Vice President Of Embedded Sales, CData Software