Could Data be a starship CMO?

[Mojochi]

I do think Data makes for an excellent neutral arbitrator or judge. A negotiator though is more like a mediator, and requires some of the same interpersonal skills a counselor would need

 

[Vanyel]

I think he could become a doctor, definitely. But I’m not sure downloading the medical database alone would be enough. Remember that Voyager episode where they loaded the database into a new hologram? It didn’t recreate The Doctor. So he’d probably need some training first. But eventually? Sure—why not. IDIC.

Harry told Tom it took the greatest holoenginers years to create the Mark 1 EMH. Harry and Tom couln't do it by themselves.