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We are the premiere, vendor-neutral professional
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leadership. isCDO is the professional society of individuals
who serve the role of the Chief Data Officers for their
organizations. isCDO serves as a peer-advisory resource
for all members, as a society of CDOs, by CDOs, for CDOs.
Upcoming Events
June 25, 2024
isCDO is pleased to host Author Irina Steenbeek, from Data Crossroads, who will be talking how about the number of IT solutions for various data management capabilities has grown tremendously over the last several years. Underlying technologies have also become...
May 25, 2023
As organizations empower more data consumers to innovate their reporting, business intelligence, and advanced analytics, information risk managers are rapidly identifying risks and concerns about ensuring compliance with a variety of business policies, industry guidelines, and laws and regulations. And...
March 23, 2023
Abstract: While embracing the promise of technological advances and data-driven decision making, organizations must also acknowledge and address the potential harms to individuals, populations, and society as a whole in our data collection, sharing, use, and retention practices. In this...
February 23, 2023
Data has always been important. We all know that managing data assets is incredibly important and must continue. We know that most organizations’ leadership are supportive of more direct-action concerning data. But many data efforts fall short and struggle with change...
Featured Articles
For banks, artificial intelligence is a key prerequisite to be sustainably successful in the future. What has been missing so far are standardized and innovation-friendly regulatory guidelines. This is where the government and the regulator are called to action.
- December 19, 2020
Data is a recognized asset. Companies are increasingly looking to leverage data as a revenue stream, to enhance existing products and services, or to increase efficiency. Risks related to data misuse and breaches, however, can derail an organization’s data-related goals.
- September 23, 2020
Post Covid-19 economic recovery will be strongly dependent on the digital agility and ability of a company and the society in general—whether enabling work-from-home, activating online-retail or responding to the pandemic via contact-tracing, all these solutions require a strong foundation of technology.
- May 15, 2020
3 min read Executives surveyed by PwC said cleaning up their data would lead to big cost savings and revenue gains By Angus Loten March 4, 2019 620 p.m. ET Large firms are finding that poor quality customer and business...
- March 5, 2020
While there appears to be widespread corporate acknowledgment of the importance and value of data to competitiveness and innovation, there is still relatively limited success in implementing data-related projects. A recent survey by NewVantage Partners shows that over 77% of executives report that business
- October 13, 2019
Chief Scientist and Managing Director 1 min read All – Deadline – April 1, 2019 – U.S. Government Accountability Office is seeking a Chief Data Scientist (CDS). Reporting to GAO’s Chief Scientist and Managing Director of the newly created Science,...
- April 2, 2019
Listen – Do You Want to Know a Secret? by Andrew Rudin Do You Want to Know a Secret? When the Beatles released this song in 1963, the world was different. Less frantic, and more naïve. Listen/ Do you want...
- March 26, 2019
Report to the Clerk of the Privy Council: A Data Strategy Roadmap for the Federal Public Service Executive Summary The volume of data that governments, businesses and Canadians produce is growing exponentially, animated by digital technologies. Organizations are changing their...
- March 13, 2019
How Data Scientists Turned Against Statistics 5 min read One of the most remarkable stories of the rise of “big data” is the way in which it has coincided with the decline of the denominator and our shift towards using...
- March 8, 2019
Why Does Your Organization Need a Data Strategy? 7 min read Abstract: It has become cliché that data is growing faster than ever. However, organizations have still not developed the organizational culture, practices, and policies to take full advantage of...
- March 1, 2019
What Is a Data Strategy? 6 min read Abstract: What is strategy, and more importantly, what is data strategy? This article describes three important and related concepts in organizational planning: What is strategy? What is a data strategy? How do...
- March 1, 2019
The Seven Deadly Data Sins 19 min read Abstract: Organizations routinely try and solve all their problems technologically at the expense of the business. There are seven problems, known as the “Seven Deadly Data Sins”, that organizations encounter on their...
- March 1, 2019
Establishing the Office of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) Abstract: Establishing the CDO as a valuable organizational leader can sometimes seems like an impossible task, but it’s not. This paper offers some practical advice for organizations wanting to institutionalize the...
- March 1, 2019
Agreeing on Uniform CDO Qualifications Abstract: US federal agencies are now required to appoint a Chief Data Officers (CDO) for each organization. This is required in federal law; however, what constitutes a qualified CDO remains unclear. This paper offers explores...
- March 1, 2019
Aligning Organizational Leadership Abstract: Getting support for data initiatives is not easy. Being successful requires that CDOs understand the environment and the roles that operate within it. Most importantly, CDOs need to reach out and develop trusted relationships with key...
- March 1, 2019
President Signs Open Government Data Act of 2018 Washington, D.C. – On January 14, 2019, President Trump signed into law the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking (FEBP) Act (H.R. 4174, S. 2046), which includes the Open, Public, Electronic and Necessary (OPEN)...
- February 27, 2019
A Word from our Executive Director
Michael Servaes
Welcome to the International Society of Chief Data Officers (CDOs). This society was created by a group of CDOs who had regularly attended the MIT CDO/Information Quality Symposium and who recognized the need for an online space to bring together data leaders all year round and not just for the Symposium. We provide virtual and real meeting spaces for data leaders to come together and to share ideas, developments and problems with the aim of ensuring that data leaders/CDOs across the world are better equipped to fulfill their role in leading the organization they are a part of to gain greater value from the data they create, collect and store.
As members we have found that the more you put in... be that contributing to webinars, sharing papers or getting involved in discussions.... the more you will get out of your membership. Your idea or view on a problem may be another member’s solution and vice versa. Remember that sharing the problems you have found may help others avoid them, just as much as their sharing may help you.
To join just click on the “JOIN” button. Once your membership is approved, dive in and meet your fellow data leaders. Find out what they are thinking, how they are succeeding and how their experience can help you.
Featured Videos
isCDO Webinars: Outcome-Driven Data Strategy Master Class By Maria C. Vilar
- December 20, 2020
A familiar complaint about the over-emphasis on technology in our space by Scott Taylor
- December 20, 2020
What you need to know about the EU’s new privacy law by Jan Philipp Albrecht.
- December 20, 2020
On 25 May 2018, the European Parliament’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect. Are you ready?
- December 20, 2020
Confused about GDPR? Our explainer video surfaces everything you need to know about the new regulation.
- December 20, 2020
The appointment of chief data officers has been ramping in recent years. Check out an overview published by raconteur.net.
- December 20, 2020
Cmon, cmon got your database on!" Listen to "Database Skills" by MongoDB (Sia Cheap Thrills Parody).
- December 20, 2020
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