Ship Strategy, Not Decks: Fractional Chief Data Officers Scaling Growth in Lean Firms

How Fractional Chief Data Officers (CDO) Scale Growth in Resource-Constrained Firms — Budgets are tight, headcount is frozen, but growth targets remain. A fractional CDO acts as an accountable operator who connects data work directly to revenue, installs a lightweight operating system, and delivers measurable results fast. No agencies, no fluff — just the smallest system that works, a weekly decision-making cadence, and experiments that prove ROI in 90 days or less.