St. Louis Chief Data Officer (stlCDO) Forum Charter

Description

The St. Louis (STL) CDO Forum is an organization comprised of metro area data and analytics (D&A) leaders, representing a variety of organizations and industries (industry representation includes retail, CPG, agriculture, healthcare, investment services, etc.).  It was established to facilitate the evolution and improvement of regional data and analytic capabilities through the open sharing of ideas, information, and innovations relevant to the disciplines that comprise data and analytics leadership.  The Forum establishes a trusted, credible network where its members support and learn from one another through one-to-one relationships, and quarterly meetings where members, D&A industry leaders and/or relevant third-parties contribute educational materials, new concepts and/or opportunities for collaboration.

Mission

The Forum will explore topics of interest, conduct peer-to-peer mentoring, and initiate the creation of meaningful work-products for the benefit of the collective.  By helping to solve challenges common to its members, the STL CDO Forum will help to improve the performance of its participating organizations (and by extension, the community of customers served including consumers, farmers, patients, doctors, etc.) and establish the St. Louis metro area as a place where data and analytics professionals THRIVE. Benefits will include:

  • Accelerators to maximizing value creation from enterprise data assets through education and instruction on the development and use of modern data and analytic strategies, methodologies, and techniques
  • Production of methodologies, standards and definitions, and best practice guides to accelerate the establishment of scalable, measurable, ethical and value-added enterprise D&A capabilities (via website)
  • Establishment of a mechanism for members to collectively engage academia, vendors, government agencies, startups, and GLOBAL D&A thought leaders
  • Establishment of a local network of Data and Analytics leaders to enable opportunities to raise the profile of the Forum’s member organizations and community as employment destinations
  • Development of D&A talent via the establishment of industry programs, educational programs in partnership with local academic institutions and governmental agencies
  • Attracting VC funding to bolster the STL startup ecosystem with a focus on Data & Analytics

Guiding Principles

  • The Forum is a network for those in data and analytics leadership positions (the highest-level leader in an organization responsible for data and/or analytics, on par with Chief Data Officer, Chief Analytics Officer, Chief Data Science Officer or Chief Data & Analytics Officer)
  • Meetings are driven by the members of the Forum
  • The Forum is a place to share and learn, not judge 
  • The Forum is not an “open” community; membership is obtained via application or invitation and is limited to a maximum of two members of record (primary and proxy) from each member organization covering D&A
  • The Forum will follow the Chatham House Rule, which states “When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.” See https://www.chathamhouse.org/chatham-house-rule

Management & Agenda 

The St. Louis CDO Forum will be organized, managed, and operated by an Organizing Committee (OC) comprised of 4-5 volunteer members, with one member designated as the chair. Beyond the founding members, OC membership is to be determined by the general membership.

Forum meetings will occur at a minimum of once quarterly. Meeting locations and agenda topics will be determined by the OC with input from the general membership body. Meeting locations may be local physical facilities or online. As a rule, member organizations will share the provision of physical meeting spaces. Agenda topics should have a bias toward initiating the production of meaningful work-product that will benefit the membership. Lunch or after work meeting times generally work best.  It is recommended that meetings be limited to 2 hours.  

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