chief technology officer

noun

An executive responsible for the technological development and often the overall technical infrastructure of the products of a business, typically directly accountable to the chief executive officer or the board.

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Meanings

nounchief technology officer (plural chief technology officers)

plural chief technology officers

  1. An executive responsible for the technological development and often the overall technical infrastructure of the products of a business, typically directly accountable to the chief executive officer or the board.

    Synonyms: chief technical officer, chief technological officer, CTO

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn executive responsible for the technological development and often the overall technical infrastructure of the products of a business, typically directly accountable to the chief executive officer or the board.

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chief technical officerchief technological officerCTO
Also see
chief information officer

Translations

Bulgarian главен технологичен директор
  • главен технологичен директор (glaven tehnologičen direktor)executive responsible for technological development
Chinese Mandarin 首席技術官 /首席技术官, 技術長 /技术长
  • 首席技術官 /首席技术官 (shǒuxí jìshù guān)executive responsible for technological development
  • 技術長 /技术长 (jìshùcháng)executive responsible for technological development
Dutch technisch directeur, CTO
  • technisch directeurexecutive responsible for technological development
  • CTOexecutive responsible for technological development
French directeur de la technologie, directeur des nouvelles technologies
  • directeur de la technologieexecutive responsible for technological development
  • directeur des nouvelles technologiesexecutive responsible for technological development
  • directrice de la technologieexecutive responsible for technological development
  • directrice des nouvelles technologiesexecutive responsible for technological development
German technischer Direktor, Technikvorstand
  • technischer Direktorexecutive responsible for technological development
  • Technikvorstandexecutive responsible for technological development
  • technische Direktorinexecutive responsible for technological development
  • Technikvorständinexecutive responsible for technological development
Hungarian műszaki vezérigazgató-helyettes, műszaki igazgató
  • műszaki vezérigazgató-helyettesexecutive responsible for technological development
  • műszaki igazgatóexecutive responsible for technological development
Italian direttore tecnico, direttrice tecnica
  • direttore tecnicoexecutive responsible for technological development
  • direttrice tecnicaexecutive responsible for technological development
Russian технический директор
  • технический директор (texničeskij direktor)executive responsible for technological development
Spanish director de tecnología, directora de tecnología
  • director de tecnologíaexecutive responsible for technological development
  • directora de tecnologíaexecutive responsible for technological development
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APA

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