Becoming a chief data officer
Alex Antic: I'd like to get a sense of how you entered the field. How has your career progressed over time? How did you become one of the most respected senior leaders in our field? I’d love to hear your story.
Meri Rosich: When I reflect on my career journey, I realize that the past 25 years have been a fascinating evolution of data, the internet, and artificial intelligence. During the 90s, AI was still very theoretical and limited to a few people in academic circles, where we would submit thick, complex papers at academic conferences. However, the rise of the internet brought new possibilities for data usage, and that’s how I found my way into the field.
My PhD in virtual reality opened up doors to data and coding, and I entered the private corporate world of internet companies, starting in Europe and then in New York. While working with data in New York, I quickly realized that it wasn’t enough to merely work with it...