Chief Data Officer

Nearly six in ten consumers are open to sharing location data and lifestyle information in exchange for decreased pricing in financial products and services, according to Accenture.

Data mastery is a priority for carriers across business lines, but there are still roadblocks.

Carriers know they have to adapt their existing processes, but the potential is greater for more holistic changes to the industry, says Gartner’s Kimberly Harris-Ferrante.

The initiative, which will kick off in 2019, continues the life insurer's strategy of engaging the academic community to build a data talent pipeline.

New data-science hire will help CDO Sastry Durvasula operationalize the broker’s wealth of information.

The company has invested $40 million and partnered with local universities to encourage homegrown analytics talent.

The future is coming faster than expected, due to trends like Mecalfe's Law and Bezos's Law that are picking up speed just as Moore’s Law reaches its limitations.

Insurers are face challenges navigating GDPR and dealing with many different repositories of information, among others.

The program is intended to help calm the waters and prepare the CDO for success in what can be an uncomfortable C-suite role early on.

Organizations are struggling to fill critical IT, analytics and security jobs, especially in the advanced skills and management ranks. The job is made harder by job seekers that only want consultant roles.

Analytics skills are in short supply, but demands for data-driven results are not. Here are Forrester’s top tips on how chief data officers can drive business strategy.

It's crucial that insurers develop clear career-path options for these valuable staff, because there will be lots of competition for the skills.

IT leaders must be prepared to groom new hires to help them understand and unlock business value from analytics, says BCBS exec.

More than half of tech workers polled by Spiceworks said that constant learning is the most important career-boost move they can and will make.

Effective managers are analytical leaders who are adaptable and possess systematic and methodological ways to achieve results.

Fifty-one percent expect a raise from their current employer while 21 percent also expect a promotion.

CEOs' enthusiasm for chief digital officers is fading, and they are looking to their CIOs to put new digital strategies in place.

But chief data officers find that with more respect comes greater responsibility.

Technology and information management dominate the most wanted hires this year, with seven of the top 10 in the IT and analytics fields.

The data discord happening at some organizations may be the result of unclear expectations or a lapse in communication between these individuals.