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Bank of America Names John Bottega Chief Data Officer

By TechTaffy Desk

John Bottega has joined Bank of America as chief data officer. In this role, Mr. Bottega will be responsible for the bank’s data management strategy, policy and governance. He is based in New York and reports to Enterprise Chief Information Officer Marc Gordon.

Mr. Bottega is a senior strategy and data management executive with more than 25 years of experience, including serving as chief data officer for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s markets division and Citigroup’s corporate and investment banking unit.

He is currently the chairman of the board of directors of the Enterprise Data Management Council, an industry association focused on financial industry data management.

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