http://dannyman.toldme.com/2007/07/30/cto-vs-cio/ Interesting bits of information and editorial, evolving online since 1995. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:41:02 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://dannyman.toldme.com/2007/07/30/cto-vs-cio/comment-page-1/#comment-74128 Saul Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:08:22 +0000 http://dannyman.toldme.com/2007/07/30/cto-vs-cio/#comment-74128 CTO vs. VP of engineering is a lot like CEO vs. President. The former are public-facing roles whose job is to represent the company and technology to the outside world, whereas the latter is the internal equivalent, to represent the company's goals and execution. So "CTO is Sr. VP of Engineering" is like saying "CEO is Sr. President", which is an oversimplification. CIO develops the sysadmin strategy; VP of IT executes on it. CTO vs. VP of engineering is a lot like CEO vs. President. The former are public-facing roles whose job is to represent the company and technology to the outside world, whereas the latter is the internal equivalent, to represent the company’s goals and execution. So “CTO is Sr. VP of Engineering” is like saying “CEO is Sr. President”, which is an oversimplification. CIO develops the sysadmin strategy; VP of IT executes on it.

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