Is there a need for a CDO (Chief Data Officer)

In this +InformationWeek  article written by +Jeff Bertolucci looking forward to the MIT Big Data Symposium he looks at whether there is a need for a Chief Data Officer in organisations now.

I'm sure as technology moves this is a developing role, but there is definitely a role for this type or person.  I'd love to do this kind of role sometime in the future.