BUSINESS AND COMPETITION|business organisation
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- CTO | chief technology officer | chief technical officer
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- Definition executive officer focused on scientific and technical issues within an organisation Reference "Wikipedia > Chief technical officer, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_technical_officer (23.6.2009)"
- Comment Essentially, a CTO is responsible for the transformation of capital - be it monetary, intellectual, or political - into technology in furtherance of the company's objectives....There is currently no commonly-shared definition of a CTO's responsibilities, apart from that of acting as the senior-most technologist in an organisation. Depending on the nature and genesis of the organisation, responsibilities may resemble in part those of chief science officer, chief strategy officer or chief information officer (CIO).In practice, the CTO will oversee technical staff at a company, particularly those engaged in the development of new technologies, especially software development. The scope of these efforts varies: whereas the CTO of an early-formation start-up may have very hands-on technical responsibilities, the CTO of an international conglomerate may deal with the representatives of foreign governments and industry organisations regarding trade policy, industry standards and joint ventures.In general, the CTO is concerned with the architecture, design & development, security, operational integrity, system support and maintenance across the IT organisation. The CTO is responsible for delivering IT solutions with a focus on technical problem solving. In contrast, the CIO is focused on the IT strategy formulation, planning and strategic alignment of IT with the corporate objectives. The CIO ensures that return on IT investments are realised as planned.