CData Appoints James Rochette as CFO and June Yang to its Board of Directors

New CFO and former Google Cloud VP join CData as it scales the AI gateway that gives agents governed connectivity and context across enterprise systems

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CData, the AI gateway that governs how AI works in the systems that run the business, today announced the appointment of James Rochette as Chief Financial Officer and June Yang to its Board of Directors. Rochette brings more than 30 years of finance and operating experience across private equity-backed and publicly traded technology companies, while Yang brings deep expertise in AI, cloud and data infrastructure from her leadership roles at Google Cloud and VMware.

The appointments follow the launch of CData Connect AI Gateway, which gives agents and individuals governed access to data across hundreds of enterprise systems, as enterprises put AI agents to work in production. Rochette will lead CData's global finance organization and partner with the CEO and board on value creation, capital allocation and the company's next stage of growth, while Yang will contribute her experience building and scaling enterprise AI and cloud platforms to guide the company's direction.

Rochette most recently served as CFO of Anaqua, a leading intellectual property management software platform, through its sale from Astorg to Nordic Capital. Previously, he spent five years as CFO of Orolia, where he played a key role in the company's sale from Eurazeo to strategic buyer Safran. He has served as CFO of two private equity-backed businesses through full investment cycles spanning value creation, M&A and successful exits. Rochette holds a master's degree in finance from ISG Institut Supérieur de Gestion. Originally from France, he has lived in the United States for more than 10 years and is based in Washington, D.C.

June Yang is a technology executive with experience in AI, cloud, and data infrastructure. She was previously Vice President of Products & Design, Cloud AI and Industry Solutions at Google Cloud, where she led AI product strategy and helped enterprises put AI into production. Before Google, she held leadership roles at VMware in cloud platforms and emerging technologies.

"Enterprises are putting agents to work in the systems that run their business, and that work has to be governed. That's the company we're building," said Amit Sharma, Co-founder and CEO of CData. "James has spent his career scaling software companies through growth and change and knows what that takes. June spent years at Google Cloud getting enterprise AI into production and has seen exactly where it stalls. Both make us sharper."

"CData has built a strong foundation, and Connect AI Gateway opens a significant new opportunity," said James Rochette, CFO of CData. "I've spent my career helping software companies scale through growth and transformation, and I look forward to working with Amit and the team to build CData's next chapter."

"The fundamental barrier to enterprise AI is no longer the models themselves — it's delivering governed, real-time enterprise data and context to those models the moment they need it," said June Yang. "CData bridges that gap, making enterprise data instantly usable without giving up the controls enterprises require. That's the difference between AI experimentation and AI you can run a business on, and it's why I'm excited to join the CData board."

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About CData Software

CData is the AI gateway that governs how AI works in the systems that run the business. One control point connects agents and individuals to data across hundreds of enterprise systems, grounds every request in company context, governs it down to the record and routes it to the most efficient model. Built on CData's data layer, it delivers accurate answers, governed access and falling cost, whether the user is an agent, an application or a person. CData powers AI workloads for Anthropic, Databricks, Microsoft, Google, Palantir and more than 10,000 customers worldwide. Learn more at www.cdata.com or contact [email protected].

SOURCE CData Software