Chief Data Officer

In 2002, Capital One appointed Cathryne Clay Doss to the role of Chief Data Officer (CDO). The first to hold that title, Doss covered a wide range of duties relating to the strategic oversight of data. Nearly two decades later, the role of CDO continues to evolve. The corporate world took some time to catch the CDO vision. But the explosion of data in recent years has highlighted the critical need for data leadership at executive levels. At the same time, business leaders struggle to agree on what the CDO role entails, what skills it requires and how the reporting