A new C-suite role is getting traction, and it's expected that 90% of large global organizations will have a Chief Data Officer (CDO) on their teams in the coming decade.

According to Pew Research, 91% of Americans “agree” or “strongly agree” that people have lost control over how personal information is collected and used.

Even in this consumer untrusting environment, by 2025, it’s estimated that 463 exabytes of data will be created each day globally – that’s the equivalent of 212,765,957 DVDs per day.

Though the CDO role is still new, untested, and amorphous, the position is growing not only more prevalent but also more prominent, as digital transformation reshapes global commerce. 

A CDO will be responsible for organization-wide governance, management, and exploitation of information. 

This data management and exploitation will be executed with the goal of achieving superior performance in areas of business intelligence, advanced analytics, data mining, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.