A chief technical officer or chief technology officer (abbreviated as CTO) is an executive position whose holder is focused on scientific and technical issues within an organization. Often, the CTO will oversee technical staff at a company, particularly those building products or creating services that embody industry-specific technologies. In some cases the CTO will also oversee the work of the research and development organizations. There is currently no commonly shared definition of the CTO position or that person's responsibilities.

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  • A chief technical officer or chief technology officer (abbreviated as CTO) is an executive position whose holder is focused on scientific and technical issues within an organization. Often, the CTO will oversee technical staff at a company, particularly those building products or creating services that embody industry-specific technologies. In some cases the CTO will also oversee the work of the research and development organizations. There is currently no commonly shared definition of the CTO position or that person's responsibilities. Young start-ups typically have a set of technically hands-on tasks for the CTO, while an international conglomerate may need the CTO to deal with the representatives of foreign governments and industry organizations. Though the position is believed to have emerged in the 1980s from that of Director of Research and Development, it came into significant use during the dot-com era of the 1990s. This era also spawned one more definition for the position. In some companies, the CTO is just like a CIO. In still others, the CIO reports to the CTO. And there are also CTOs who work in IT departments and report to the CIO. In such a situation where CTO reports to the CIO, the CTO often handles the most technical details of the IT products and their implementation. Despite the diversity of approaches to the CTO role, this IT department executive is increasingly becoming the organization’s senior technologist, responsible for overseeing current technology assets, and more important, for developing a technology vision for the business. When asked what a CTO is, Nathan Myhrvold, the former CTO of Microsoft and head of its massive research organization, replied: “ Hell if I know. You know, when Bill [Gates] and I were discussing my taking this job, at one point he said, 'Okay, what are the great examples of successful CTOs?' After about five minutes we decided that, well, there must be some, but we didn't have on the tip of our tongues exactly who was a great CTO, because many of the people who actually were great CTOs didn't have that title, and at least some of the people who have that title arguably aren't great at it. My job at Microsoft is to worry about technology in the future. If you want to have a great future you have to start thinking about it in the present, because when the future's here you won't have the time. ” (en)
  • Chief Technical Officer или Chief Technology Officer (аббревиатура CTO) — руководящая должность в западных компаниях, соответствует русскому «главный инженер» или «технический директор». Деятельность CTO обычно ориентирована на научные и технические проблемы компании, хотя общепринятого определения должностных обязанностей не существует. Во многом круг обязанностей CTO определяется как размером компании, так и спецификой ее деятельности и структуры. (ru)
  • CTO är en engelskspråklig akronym av Chief Technology Officer som avser en direktör inom ett företag med ansvar för teknologi, forskning och utveckling. Se även C*O. (sv)
  • Il Chief technical officer o Chief technology officer (CTO) è un manager di primo livello che si occupa dello sviluppo di progetti tecnologici. Al momento però non esiste una definizione condivisa della posizione di CTO. In società che forniscono prodotti o servizi con tecnologie specialistiche, il CTO coordina una squadra di tecnici e talvolta supervisiona anche il ramo di ricerca e sviluppo dell'azienda; le aziende giovani normalmente hanno un gruppo di tecnici che gestiscono dei "task" e si rapportano al CTO, mentre una società multinazionale impiega questa figura per interagire con i rappresentanti di governi stranieri ed altre società. (it)
  • CTO - chief technical officer geralmente comanda a infra-estrutura da área de tecnologia. Enquanto o CIO o seu uso estratégico. O CTO planeja e coordena a execução de expansão e manutenção da infra-estrutura de TI de uma organização. (pt)
  • 首席技术官（Chief Technology Officer，CTO，又常稱為技術長或技術總監）是企業團體裡的高階主管職位之一，是企业內负责技术的最高负责人。这个名称是在1980年代時从美国开始興起，起源於一些有大規模投資在研究與發展（R&D）項目的大型公司，如-{zh-hant:奇異;zh-hans:通用电气}-（General Electric, GE），美國電話電報（AT&T）與美鋁（ALCOA），主要责任是将科学研究成果轉为营利項目。1990年代，因计算机和软件公司热门，很多公司把CTO的名称给予管理计算机系统和软件的负责人。有时CTO和CIO（Chief Information Officer，是信息管理最高负责人）是同一个人（尤其在软件公司），有时CTO會归于比较精通科学技术的CIO手下。在不同领域的公司，CTO工作性质不同；即使在同一领域，工作性质也可能大不相同。一般CTO会有以下责任： 长期技术方向（战略性） 短期技术方向（战术性） 管理研究对公司经营活动和营利的影响 公司中使用的软件 (zh)
  • Der Chief Technical Officer oder Chief Technology Officer (CTO), zu deutsch etwa Technischer Leiter, ist für die technische Entwicklung und Forschung innerhalb eines Unternehmens verantwortlich. Die aus dem amerikanischen bzw. angelsächsischen Raum stammenden Bezeichnungen, setzten sich – aufgrund der Globalisierung und Internationalisierung – immer mehr auch in Deutschland durch. Hierbei werden auch Marketing- bzw. Imageaspekte verfolgt. (de)
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  • A chief technical officer or chief technology officer (abbreviated as CTO) is an executive position whose holder is focused on scientific and technical issues within an organization. Often, the CTO will oversee technical staff at a company, particularly those building products or creating services that embody industry-specific technologies. In some cases the CTO will also oversee the work of the research and development organizations. There is currently no commonly shared definition of the CTO position or that person's responsibilities. (en)
  • Chief Technical Officer или Chief Technology Officer (аббревиатура CTO) — руководящая должность в западных компаниях, соответствует русскому «главный инженер» или «технический директор». (ru)
  • CTO är en engelskspråklig akronym av Chief Technology Officer som avser en direktör inom ett företag med ansvar för teknologi, forskning och utveckling. Se även C*O. (sv)
  • Il Chief technical officer o Chief technology officer (CTO) è un manager di primo livello che si occupa dello sviluppo di progetti tecnologici. Al momento però non esiste una definizione condivisa della posizione di CTO. (it)
  • CTO - chief technical officer geralmente comanda a infra-estrutura da área de tecnologia. Enquanto o CIO o seu uso estratégico. O CTO planeja e coordena a execução de expansão e manutenção da infra-estrutura de TI de uma organização. (pt)
  • 首席技术官（Chief Technology Officer，CTO，又常稱為技術長或技術總監）是企業團體裡的高階主管職位之一，是企业內负责技术的最高负责人。这个名称是在1980年代時从美国开始興起，起源於一些有大規模投資在� �究與發展（R&D）� �目的大型公司，如-{zh-hant:奇異;zh-hans:通用电气}-（General Electric, GE），美國電話電� �（AT&T）與美鋁（ALCOA），主要责任是将科学� �究成果轉为营利� �目。1990年代，� 计算机和软件公司热门，很多公司把CTO的名称给予管理计算机系统和软件的负责人。有时CTO和CIO（Chief Information Officer，是信息管理最高负责人）是同一个人（尤其在软件公司），有时CTO會归于比较精通科学技术的CIO手下。在不同领域的公司，CTO工作性质不同；即使在同一领域，工作性质也可能大不相同。一般CTO会有以下责任： (zh)
  • Der Chief Technical Officer oder Chief Technology Officer (CTO), zu deutsch etwa Technischer Leiter, ist für die technische Entwicklung und Forschung innerhalb eines Unternehmens verantwortlich. Die aus dem amerikanischen bzw. (de)
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  • Chief technical officer (en)
  • 最高技術責任者 (ja)
  • Главный инженер (ru)
  • CTO (sv)
  • CTO (es)
  • Chief technical officer (it)
  • Chief Technical Officer (pt)
  • 首席技术官 (zh)
  • Chief Technical Officer (de)
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