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CTO

CTO

5 4.6
An executive who plans and leads a company's use of technology
  • noun
  • /siː tiː oʊ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : director de tecnología
  • Jeff is CTO and co-founder of Find Business Media, LLC, and former CTO of Mahalo.com.
  • CEO and CTO
  • founder and CTO
  • cofounder and CTO

So Latonya, you were the CTO at the FTC.

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Examples

  • Dmitriy Rogatkin is the CTO for WikiOrgCharts, where he is responsible for the technological direction of the company.

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  • Joel Eriksson is the CTO of Bitsec, a newly founded security company based in Sweden.

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  • But I, I was giving a talk somewhere and in the audience was the CTO of the New York Times.

  • The CTO is more of an IT professional.

  • The following is a conversation with Kevin Scott, the CTO of Microsoft.

  • Mark is a frequent speaker and blogger on APIs and security, and is CTO at Vordel.

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  • Instead, it has created more efficiency, at least according to Dharmesh Shah, cofounder and CTO of HubSpot.

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  • Chris Wysopal is co-founder and CTO of Veracode, which provides an on-demand software security analysis service.

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  • Kevin Scott is the CTO of Microsoft, overseeing its technological direction and strategy.

  • As the CTO of the New York Times, she is responsible for the company's tech innovations.

Synonyms

CIO
vsCTO
  • Jargon
17 5.4

A senior manager who leads a company's information technology and data systems

focuses more on overall technological direction and future product strategy
12 4.5

A senior manager who makes important plans and decisions for a company

focuses specifically on technological direction rather than broad company strategy

How Senior

CTO
  • Jargon
5 4.6
project head
1 3.6
software engineer
  • Specialized
14 3.5

Surface Forms

CTO singular
CTOs plural

Etymology

CTO in technology stands for Chief, Technology, Officer, and Technology means tools and systems like computers and software. So a CTO is the company's senior leader in charge of technical direction and strategy.