“It’s interesting because I find many roles that, where there's closeness in the roles, it makes them either partners or competitors in that regard, at least in terms of who has responsibility for what,” Bean said. “So that's why some of the organizations have combined those roles with organizational simplicity at heart.”
Many organizations have merged the roles of the chief analytics officer (CAO) and chief data officer (CDO) to create a combined CDAO to serve as the principal advocate for data within the enterprise. Researchers at NewVantage Partners pointed out this trend in report released earlier this year on connecting data and artificial intelligence (AI) investments to business outcomes.
