A chief digital officer (CDO) or a chief digital information officer (CDIO) is an individual who helps a company, a government organization or a city drive growth by converting traditional "analog" businesses to digital ones using the potential of modern online technologies and data (i.e., digital transformation),[1] and at times oversees operations in the rapidly changing digital sectors like mobile applications, social media and related applications, virtual goods, as well as web-based information management and marketing.
[2] The responsibilities of an organization's CDO are varied and still evolving as the future of a CIO for digital businesses.
[5] As the role frequently is transformational, CDOs generally are responsible for the adoption of digital technologies across a business.
[7][8] According to a study by Gartner, a predicted 25% of businesses will have created and filled the chief digital officer title by 2015.
[9] Research by PwC in 2020 indicates that 21% of large public enterprises had created such a role by 2020, with growth decelerating.