Generative artificial intelligence has upended every responsibility in the technology world and is making a big impact on chief data officer role evolution. Where the first chief data officers were just involved in areas such as data quality, they’re now embracing AI.
Some might yearn for a world in which one executive is tasked with data analytics, AI and company transformation. But some organizations might have one chief data officer, another chief AI officer and a CIO, all of whom may not always play well together, according to Mario Faria (pictured), Chief Data and AI Officer Program professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
“What we try to teach in our program is … how the role should be, the main responsibilities, how the leaders should be putting a plan together that’s driving companies on their mission to reduce costs or gain more money or improve productivity and, most important, have a less risky approach …