“The number of people in CDO roles doubled from 2013 to nearly 1,000 in 2014, continuing a trend of doubling each year, according to data from the CDO Club, which forecasts that the number of global CDOs will double again in 2015, to some 2,000 CDOs by the end of the year.

“If you need convincing of just how important the CDO role is becoming, check out an article at the CDO Club that summarizes the findings of several recent studies. The CDO Club confirms both the hiring demand for, and increased salary potentials of anyone fitting the bill.

“Last week, at the CDO Summit In New York, Jeremiah Owyang, the Crowd Companies founder who made the summit’s closing presentation, was spot-on in his assessment that participation in the collaborative economy — which nearly doubled between 2013 and 2014 — is only going to keep growing.