S2 | Ep 2 | The Pathway to CDAO with Peter Jackson, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Exasol (and Carruthers & Jackson)

In Episode 2 of Season 2 on Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Peter Jackson, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Exasol (and Carruthers & Jackson) where they discuss the pathway to CDAO and the key considerations, which includes:

• His journey to date
• Why he made the move vendor side
• The power of Exasol
• Why organisations should have a CDAO
• Why that person needs to be a "data professional"
• Why it’s only a matter of time before every organisation has a data office
• How to position yourself accordingly to become a CDAO
• The two things that organisations are looking for in a CDAO
• The importance of strategic thinking, execution, and storytelling
• How Data Leaders can identify whether an opportunity is genuinely a CDAO level role
• Why we’re seeing the age of CDAO’s reducing in comparison to other c-suite roles
• Can CDAO’s move across sectors?
• Does it matter who the CDAO role reports to?
• Do Data Leaders need to be “hands-on”
• Why most organisations get the expectations all wrong about what a CDAO can deliver
• The importance of self-awareness
• What the future holds for the CDAO persona
• Why CDO’s are future CEO’s