Council Post: Hyperautomation Expected To Reach Up To $860 Billion By 2025: Does Your Company Need A CAO?

Even after implementing process orchestration software, many key processes in companies are still manual. Because many of these processes directly impact the velocity and cost-efficiency of the business, some leadership teams are leveraging robotic process automation, intelligent process automation and other specialized artificial intelligence-based solutions to help. To reap the potential benefits of such solutions, however, I believe it is time for the rise of the CAO: chief automation officer. Sure, vice president-level automation jobs are available, and you might even be wondering, "Isn't this the CIO's job or the CDO's?" While both positions deal with tech and the position of chief digital officer was created to bring in new digital solutions, in my experience, neither role is focused on the strategy of automation.