RWDG Slides: Corporate Data Governance - The CDO is the Data Governance Chief

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The CDO is the Data Governance Chief

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• Anthony J. Algmin helps businesses use data to get better at what they dobest. He is currently Chief Data Officer at Uturn Data Solutions, a Chicago-based consulting firm at the nexus of data and cloud technologies. Learnmore at www.uturndata.com.

• Previously, Mr. Algmin was the first Chief Data Officer at the Chicago TransitAuthority, developing data analytics capabilities to help provide affordabletransportation for millions of Chicagoans. He also spent several years as adata strategy and management consultant transforming businesses in avariety of industries. His early career was in the capital markets industrydeveloping technology and data-driven applications.

The CDO is the Data Governance ChiefSpecial Guest – Anthony Algmin

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• The CDO is a relatively new and evolving role.

• Many CDO job descriptions detail specific Data Governance responsibilities.

• Some CDO job descriptions read all-data-governance and all-the-time.

• It has become obvious. The CDO is the new chief of Data Governance.

The CDO is the Data Governance ChiefAbstract

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• In this webinar, Bob and Anthony will present:

– A Detailed CDO Job Description

– Why the CDO is the Data Governance Chief

– The Makeup of the Chief’s Tribe

– Lessons Learned from the CDO’s Office

– Suggestions for new and existing CDOs

The CDO is the Data Governance ChiefAbstract

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• What does “Chief Data Officer” even mean?

• How does it compare to the CIO?

• Where should the CDO report in the organization?

• What is the role mostly about?

– Removing impediments between the potential value of data and therealized value of data by the business

• What are the main / secondary responsibilities?

• What is the balance between strategic / operational emphasis?

The CDO is the Data Governance ChiefA Detailed CDO Job Description

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• 2 kinds of businesses:

– Data-driven

– Failing

• Data drives

– Innovation

– Operations

– Sales

• Every business needs to be a data business

• Data Governance provides a framework

• No other person will be as well-equipped at the CDO to take action on these.

The CDO is the Data Governance ChiefWhy the CDO is the Data Governance Chief

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• The best CDOs are pretty good at a lot of things

– Complement with folks that are good at what you aren’t

• You need at least three wizards (including your direct abilities):

– A process wizard

– A technical wizard

– A political wizard

The CDO is the Data Governance ChiefThe Makeup of the Chief’s Tribe 1

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• Leverage

– You must communicate your vision to others

– You have to know enough to direct your specialists, though you don’thave to know enough to do all of it yourself

• Many times you are growing organically

– Be strategic in these early steps or you won’t get to later steps

– Always choose action over talking

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• What stinks about being CDO?

– You don’t get to do data stuff directly

– Meetings: learn to love them

– Aligning incentives may be outside your reach

– You have to overcome irrational fears

– Most of your time not in meetings is spent on personnel management

– All issues with data are your fault

The CDO is the Data Governance ChiefLessons Learned from the CDO’s Office 1

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• What makes the CDO job great?

– You get to build and scale a high-performing data function

--- often from scratch

– Coaching, mentoring, helping people build their careers

– An opportunity to talk about data constantly

– A seat at the table to help drive business strategy

– Cool data toys

– Higher compensation

– You might just save your organization

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• There are two paths to CDO, business and technical

– Pick one, and be great at it

– Be better at the other path than anybody else on your chosen path

• The only value of data is in how it changes a business on three dimensions:

– Revenue (top-line)

– Cost (bottom-line)

– Risk Management (variance)

• You must maximize the value created by the data

– Data alone is worthless until changing the business

The CDO is the Data Governance ChiefSuggestions for New and Existing CDOs 1

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• The CDO job cannot revolve around data

• Politics

– You being right is not enough

– You have to sell it

– Strategy is an exercise in tradeoffs

• CDO Priorities

– Leader

– Manager

– Data Geek

• Technology sharpens your tools, but connecting properly with thebusiness gives you the blueprints for success.

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• In this webinar, Bob and Anthony discussed:

– A Detailed CDO Job Description

– Why the CDO is the Data Governance Chief

– The Makeup of the Chief’s Tribe

– Lessons Learned from the CDO’s Office

– Suggestions for new and existing CDOs

The CDO is the Data Governance ChiefSummary

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• Questions and Answers

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• Robert S. Seiner

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• Anthony Algmin

Uturn Data Solutions

Chief Data Officer

312-957-8527 [email protected]

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