# Patti Soch

> Patti Soch is the Chief Executive Officer of Liquibase, an Austin-based database DevOps company that started life as Datical. She joined in 2016 as CFO after finance leadership roles at Gazzang (acquired by Cloudera), Phurnace Software (acquired by BMC), and Tango Health, and stepped into the CEO seat in 2022. She is known for an inclusive, transparent leadership style and for pushing Liquibase's open-source database change management platform into enterprise and public-sector accounts.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Liquibase
- **Organizations:** Liquibase, Datical, Gazzang, Phurnace Software, Tango Health, CFO Leadership Council
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA, Southern Methodist University (SMU), BBA, Accounting, The University of Texas at Arlington
- **Known for:** Guided Liquibase from Series C growth-stage startup to enterprise DevOps platform with 60+ supported databases, Led financial function through two successful acquisitions (Gazzang to Cloudera, Phurnace to BMC), Serves on the advisory board of the CFO Leadership Council

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Started as accountant at a venture-backed software company
- **~age 26** — Promoted to Vice President of Finance after board intervention following two CFO departures
- **pre-2016** — Finance leadership at Phurnace Software (acquired by BMC) and Gazzang (acquired by Cloudera); VP of Finance at Tango Health
- **2016** — Joined Datical (later renamed Liquibase) as Chief Financial Officer
- **2020** — Datical rebrands to Liquibase, leaning into its open-source roots
- **2022** — Promoted from CFO to Chief Executive Officer of Liquibase
- **2024** — Traveled to Lviv, Ukraine with VP Kristyl Gomes to visit Ukrainian teammates during the war

## Achievements

- Guided Liquibase from Series C growth-stage startup to enterprise DevOps platform with 60+ supported databases
- Led financial function through two successful acquisitions (Gazzang to Cloudera, Phurnace to BMC)
- Serves on the advisory board of the CFO Leadership Council
- Oversaw expansion of Liquibase into public sector and financial services accounts

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Featured interview on inclusive leadership, transparency, and her path from CFO to CEO.
- **2025-04** — Announced Liquibase partnership with CloudBees.
- **2024-11** — Traveled with VP Kristyl Gomes to Lviv, Ukraine to visit Liquibase's Ukrainian teammates during the war.

## Links

- Website: https://www.liquibase.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattisoch/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Datical
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Datical

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Last updated: 2026-07-09