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Indian-origin Amit Naik appointed AI VP of CData Software
Naik will lead the design and evolution of CData's AI architecture, working across product and engineering.
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Staff Reporter - Sun, 24, May 2026
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Indian-origin Engineer Amit Naik has been appointed as the Vice President of AI Architecture by North Carolina-based Software Development company, CData Software, the company announced on May 19.
In his new role, Naik will lead the design and evolution of CData's AI architecture, working across product and engineering to ensure the platform meets the technical demands of enterprise AI deployments.
He joins CData from Calix and has also previously held senior leadership roles in AI/ML solutions and infrastructure at PayPal, Financial Engines and Oracle .
Highlighting the his focus-areas in the new role, Naik said in a statement, "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."
He continued, "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."
Naik holds a Bachelor's degree in engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University and a Master's degree in engineering from COEP Technological University, Pune, India.
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He also holds a Master's degree in Computer Engineering from Purdue University.
Along with Naik, the company has also appointed Raviv Levi as the Chief Product and Technology Officer and Craig Sanchez as Senior Vice President of Embedded Sales.
Talking about his company's new appointees, Amit Sharma, the Founder and CEO of CData, said, "Raviv's experience building and scaling enterprise technology platforms makes him the right leader to drive the next phase of growth at CData."
He added, "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."
CData Software described the appointments as reflective of growing enterprise demand for AI systems, both conversational and autonomous, that can securely operate across fragmented data environments while maintaining governance, auditability, and real-time access.
CData's customers include global organizations such as Adobe, Office Depot, GSK, UiPath, and Palantir.
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