Liquibase is expanding its global partner ecosystem and has appointed Phil Robinson as vice president of global channels and alliances to lead recruitment, enablement, joint marketing, and partner-led services.
Liquibase targets database governance services growth
The moves reflect Liquibase’s investment in partners to help enterprises close the database delivery gap and build new services around Database Change Governance.
Liquibase intends to expand partner coverage both geographically and into specific industry sectors to create clear paths for partners to build solutions and deliver Liquibase Secure, Database Change Governance, AI-ready databases, secure CI/CD, audit-ready compliance, and enterprise modernization.
According to the organization, this provides an opportunity for partners to turn database change governance into a repeatable practice – spanning advisory, implementation, and managed services – reaching every environment a customer runs, from mainframe to cloud to lakehouse.
AI adoption exposes a database governance gap
Liquibase’s 2026 State of Database Change Governance Report found that 96 percent of organizations now have AI iterating with production databases, and 70 percent ship database changes weekly or faster.
However, only 28 percent enforce governance through automated controls and evidence, with 39 percent saying they cannot reliably track what changed where.
Liquibase Secure anchors the partner opportunity
Liquibase Secure is central to the partner opportunity presented here.
This solution helps enterprises automate, secure, and govern database change across complex environments. Liquibase Secure gives developers, platform teams, security leaders, and compliance teams a governed path for every database change with policy checks to deliver standardized change, advanced drift detection, structured audit trails, and always-on evidence gathering.
“Enterprises are under increasing pressure to modernize quickly without compromising governance or compliance (especially now with continuous advancements in AI), yet the database layer remains a persistent bottleneck,” said Arthur Alvarez, CRO at Zivra.
“Liquibase enables partners like Zivra to help organizations bring governance, automation, and auditability into the part of the SDLC that has historically been overlooked. Together, we’re empowering teams to accelerate delivery while maintaining the control and confidence required in today’s regulatory and security landscape.”
Phil Robinson to lead global channel expansion
Robinson will be tasked with leading the organization’s global partner strategy across partner recruitment, enablement, joint marketing, and partner-led services around Database Change Governance. He will also be tasked with deepening the company’s engagement with cloud marketplaces and government partners.
“Liquibase sits at the intersection of developer velocity, enterprise governance, and AI readiness. That is exactly where partners can create value,” said Robinson. “If you are helping customers modernize application development processes, manage large database estates, prepare for compliance audits, adopt AI in coding, or reduce production risk, then database change belongs in that conversation. Liquibase gives partners the ideal platform to build high-value services around a problem every complex enterprise has.”
Robinson brings more than two decades of channel, alliance, and enterprise open-source experience.
He most recently served as Vice President of Global Channels at DigitaLai, helping to redesign and relaunch its channel program globally.
He also had tenures at Atlassian, Accenture, Deloitte, PwC, and Capgemini.