Chief Data and AI Officer Program
Harness data and AI to deliver strategic advantage.
Advance your C-suite leadership with data-driven insights.
- Develop and implement data strategies aligned with your business objectives and ensure governance compliance and consistent data management across all functions.
- Integrate AI solutions within strategic decision-making processes to fuel innovation, accelerate growth, and create a competitive advantage.
- Make data-driven strategic decisions by analyzing customer demand, competition, and market trends to optimize business outcomes.
- Ensure data security and compliance while extracting actionable insights through advanced analytics to support business objectives and maintain regulatory standards.
- Lead AI-driven initiatives and manage digital transformation, equipping your organization to thrive in a dynamic and rapidly evolving business environment.
- Leverage emerging technologies such as generative AI (genAI) to enhance operational efficiency, streamline business processes, and guide strategic decision making.
- C-suite executives and leaders responsible for shaping AI and digital strategies, including chief data officers, chief technology officers, chief information officers
- AI leaders from diverse industries who use emerging technologies and drive AI-led initiatives
- Data science and analytics leaders aiming to integrate AI models and analytics to improve business efficiency
- Digital leaders and entrepreneurs seeking to develop multifunctional AI skills
In the digital age, artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to transform organizations and drive significant impact. For leaders, emerging technologies offer the chance to enhance decision-making, uncover new opportunities, and lead with greater precision and foresight. Embracing AI empowers you to amplify your leadership influence and stay ahead in a competitive, AI-powered business landscape. The five-month Chief Data and AI Officer (CDAIO) Program, offered by Michigan Ross Executive Education and Michigan Engineering Professional Education, equips senior executives like you to lead AI-driven initiatives and digital transformations, deliver data-driven strategies to elevate your leadership in AI, and craft impactful growth strategies. The program focuses on data governance, AI strategy, data security, and analytics, helping you navigate the complexities of AI integration within the digital business landscape.
This program combines live online sessions with a five-day on-campus module, business case simulations, access to innovation labs, case studies, and networking opportunities. It provides both strategic insights and hands-on experience, allowing you to learn from esteemed faculty and industry experts.
Curriculum
The multimodular CDAIO Program equips you to drive AI initiatives, including data strategy and governance, and align them with business goals to stay ahead of the curve. Through four strategic core modules involving live-online sessions, the opportunity to engage with Michigan AI researchers, and business case simulations, you will develop the leadership skills necessary to lead with a strategic vision.
Immersive Learning Experience | On-Campus Sessions
The final learning module of the program is a highly immersive five-day on-campus experience at the Ross School of Business and the University of Michigan College of Engineering campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
This experience is designed to enhance your executive presence, decision-making capabilities, and ability to drive impact, empowering you to deliver greater value to your organization. In addition to live academic sessions, this immersion module includes exposure to ecosystems and networking opportunities with faculty, alumni, industry leaders, and peers. You will have the opportunity to engage with experts in emerging AI technologies and participate in business simulations that mimic real-world scenarios. Through company immersions, you will engage in site visits to leading tech organizations and gain first-hand insights into their AI-driven strategies.
Capstone Project
The capstone project will provide you with the opportunity to address a real-world business challenge by putting into practice your leadership skills and knowledge of data strategy and AI implementation. You can create actionable solutions for complex, industry-specific problems. This hands-on experience will allow you to turn theoretical concepts into practical applications, ensuring you are ready for immediate implementation in your organization.
The Ross School of Business and Michigan Engineering Professional Education are collaborating with online education provider Emeritus to offer a portfolio of high-impact programs for working professionals. With over 350,000 students from more than 80 countries, Emeritus delivers management education programs with a live-teaching model and graded assignments. Through this collaboration, we are able to offer broad access to the world-class knowledge for which Michigan Ross and Michigan Engineering are known, in an engaging and interactive digital environment.
Every aspect of our in-person and online programs is designed to deliver you a truly world-class experience.
World-renowned Ross faculty experts will guide you through the latest tools and frameworks to enhance your individual and team leadership capabilities while you engage with global participants across diverse industries.
Program directors work closely with faculty before, during, and after the program to ensure you achieve your objectives. Through dynamic, immersive learning experiences–including assessments, simulations, expert panels, and action-based applications–you’ll leave with an actionable plan to implement meaningful change in your organization.
Program managers facilitate a seamless transition between classroom and off-site activities and assist with anything you might need–ensuring your focus is on learning, not logistics.
For more program details, including topics and structure, download the program brochure here.
An online orientation session will be held approximately 4 weeks prior to the program start.
Learn from the same faculty who teach in our highly-ranked degree programs
- Receive a digital badge to showcase on LinkedIn and other social media platforms.
- Earn credit(s) toward the Distinguished Leader Certificate (DLC) for qualifying in-person or online programs. (Only one eligible online program can be counted toward the DLC.)