On the 17th and 18th of July I attended the Chief Data and Analytics Officer event as a speaker, hosted by Corinium. The event was a great success with the heads of many analytics teams meeting to discuss their successes, failures and other burning data related matters in their respective industries. Scattered through the success stories showcased at the event were some recurring themes that were homogenous across industries. 1 The CDO Role Surprisingly, as I was writing this I came across an article about Usama Fayyad, the first CDO, who mentions that the role “started out as a joke”. However this role isn’t a joke anymore - this role is imperative in moving a company towards data success through data strategy. ...