By Max Bowie and Anthony Malakian, WatersTechnology
“As firms start to recognize the inherent value of data, will CDOs—those who safeguard and control access to data—finally get the recognition they deserve?
Evolution usually takes place over epochs. Fortunately, the evolution of roles in capital markets moves faster. Still glacial, but faster, nonetheless. And piecing together that evolution to show the ascent of the chief data officer—from wielding animal bones against those who would try to onboard new datasets without adhering to governance practices, to fueling the mysterious, opaque monolith of generative artificial intelligence—thankfully doesn’t require archeological digs; merely to ask those who’ve done it, then and now…”
John Bottega (President, EDM Council) is feature in the fifth installment of the “Voice of the CDO” article series by WatersTechnology, an annual examination of the major trends affecting data managers in the capital markets.