“Increasingly over the past few years the CDO title has risen in prominence and is now seen as a promising route to CEO. In 2013, seven chief digital officers became CEO or president of their companies, while four became board directors, according to research conducted by the CDO Club

“There’s a tidal wave of data-related jobs rolling in these days, from data scientists and data analysts to CDOs and CDOs. No, that’s not a typo; I’m just using the same acronym for chief data officer and chief digital officer. Given the growth in data jobs, it shouldn’t really come as too much of a […]

“There are certainly some prominent examples, including Rachel Haot, CDO for New York State (and previously the City of New York), who was chosen Chief Digital Officer of the Year in 2014 by the CDO Club. Others include Jessica Federer at Bayer, Linda Avery of the Federal Reserve and Julie Bornstein, who holds the positions […]

“There were roughly 250 CDOs in business and government by the end of 2014, according to CDO Club, an organization that tracks the progress of CDOs and runs data management trade shows. With Big Data still in its infancy, and the use case still being defined, this number almost certainly will get larger.

“David Mathison, founder of the CDO Club, an organization that tracks the progress of CDOs and runs trade shows and conferences on data management, estimates that there were 250 CDOs working in business and government by the end of the 2014. He expects that number will double in the next couple of years. “What has […]