CTO

American  

Or C.T.O.

abbreviation

1. chief technology officer; chief technical officer: an executive in an organization who oversees policies and decisions relating to technology and science.

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CTO British  

abbreviation

1. cancelled to order (of postage stamps); postmarked in sheets for private sale

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Etymology

Origin of CTO

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Dr. Phillip Aitchison, CTO of the Monash University spinout Ionic Industries and a co-author of the study, noted that efforts to commercialize the technology are already underway.

From Science Daily

Taking running advice from these chatbots is a mistake that could possibly lead to injury, Walter Holohan, CTO of running app Runna told me.

From The Wall Street Journal

"You have to protect that memory," says Shreyans Mehta, CTO of Cequence Security, which helps to protect enterprise IT systems.

From BBC

Paul Dix, CTO and co-founder at California-based database firm, InfluxData says in any economic downturn or disruption, junior software developers were the ones who got hit hardest.

From BBC

In more theatrical form, this ethos has led to Palantir’s CTO being sworn in to the Army, just one day before the parade, as a member of the military’s new “innovation corps” for advice on A.I., featuring other tech execs, like Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth and OpenAI Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil.

From Slate