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Research Outline

Prepared for Aran B. | Delivered January 2, 2020

IT Decision-Makers Market Size

Goals

The goal of this research is to determine the market size of IT decision-makers specifically regarding the number of CIOs, CSOs, CISOs, CDOs, and other comparable positions as available. The scope of the data would ideally pertain to (1) the U.S., (2) global regions (e.g. APAC), and (3) specific countries, as is available. This data will be used to supplement other data previously found regarding employment within IT.

Early Findings

In 2017, there were over 4,000 CDOs (globally) working in large companies, according to Gartner. The source did not further define "large global companies." 
For reference, there were a mere 15 CDOs (globally) working in large companies back in 2010, which increased to 400 in 2014. 
 Ninety percent "of large global companies will have a CDO by 2019." 
In 2017, 56% "of large companies" globally had a CDO.
In 2018, 63% "of large companies" globally had a CDO.
"A survey of more than 500 professionals at investment companies . . . found that 73% expect a surge in the number of chief technology officers (CTOs) on the executive boards of companies in the [financial services] sector." 
We found this list of other, similar positions of top-level IT decision-makers.
In addition to our public search, we scanned our proprietary research database of over 1 million sources and were unable to find any specific research reports that address the goals of this research.