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Chief Technology Officer abbreviation CTO ）Yes Technical resources The administrator of. Its responsibility is to formulate the vision and strategy of relevant technology, grasp the overall technical direction, and supervise the technology research and development （ R&D ）And guide and check the technical selection and specific technical problems to complete the assigned technical tasks/projects. Usually only high-tech enterprises, R&D units Production unit CTO position will be set up only after waiting. This position is somewhat similar to the chief engineer, who is responsible for the CEO of the enterprise.^[2]

Chinese name: Chief Technology Officer
Foreign name: chief technology officer^[2]

English abbreviation: CTO
Time of occurrence: 1980s

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Chief Technology Officer^[1] The title of this position began to appear in the United States in the 1980s. Start by doing a lot Technology R&D Large companies, such as General Electric, AT&T , and ALCOA, the main responsibility is to transform scientific research achievements into actual benefits. In the 1990s, due to the popularity of computer and software companies, many companies CTO Name of computer system And the person in charge of the software. Sometimes CTO and CIO (Chief Information Officer information management The top person in charge) is the same person (especially in software companies). Sometimes the CTO belongs to the CIO who is more proficient in science and technology. CTOs in different fields Nature of work Difference; Even in the same field, the nature of work may vary greatly.

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As the founder and promoter of enterprise technology, the CTO, like the CIO, plays a role in the decision-making circle of the enterprise, and is obligated to be responsible for the long-term development of the enterprise, formulate the technological vision and strategy of the enterprise or organization, implement and supervise the implementation of long-term and short-term strategies for technology, organize the research, development and application of new technologies, participate in and ensure the customer demand And participate in the intellectual property (IP) strategy system. CTO or Advanced market People who can help the company to promote ideas from a technical perspective, including the company's views on technology trends.

1. The functions of foreign CTOs depend not only on the size of the company, but also on the Development mode Associated with. silicon valley Many company founders are technical graduates, but they don't want to become managers of technical teams after the company grows bigger. So in addition to hiring professional managers as CEOs, they may also hire special managers R&D management In this way, the founder can define himself as the CTO role, so that he can get away from the trivial matters in management and concentrate on studying the technology trend. For example, Google Sergey Brin, one of the founders of.

2. Domestic CTOs prefer R&D management. CTOs are responsible for managing all resources related to development and completing projects on time. On the other hand, the role of chief engineer, as the authority of technology, should be the next step for the company technological development Direction Conduct some research and discussion, make judgments and help the CEO make decisions.

Domestic companies are still exploring the scope of CTO's responsibilities. The responsibilities of this position are the same as the needs and Staffing It is closely related. For small and medium-sized companies, the job requirements of CTOs are also vague, which is quite common in China.

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common ground

Both CTO and CIO are Enterprise decision-making The roles of the circle are all responsible for the CEO, and are obligated to be responsible for the long-term development of the enterprise. They complete their mission by organizing a professional team, and integrate External resources And achieve benefits.

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1. Strategic level: the CTO is responsible for formulating the enterprise's technology vision and development strategy , participate in and supervise the establishment, R&D and implementation of technology, participate in the formulation of intellectual property (IP) strategy and property protection. CIO is responsible for mining enterprise information resources and formulating enterprise informationization Strategy, reasonable layout for enterprise informatization, and evaluation of the value of informatization to enterprises. Information resource planning It is the primary responsibility of CIO. The first step of informatization should be information resource planning rather than product selection.

2. Implementation level: CTO is responsible for Technology R&D Application implementation, within the organization Technical details 。 CIO is responsible for information flow , logistics Capital flow Integration of information system model selection Implement, collect and study the internal and external information of the enterprise to provide basis for decision-making. The more important thing is to take responsibility E-commerce management , and supervision of information engineering.

3. Change level: CTO is responsible for completing new technology project establishment, R&D and update. CIO assists enterprises to complete Business Process Reengineering , use information management technology to rebuild the enterprise's decision-making system and implementation system, and at the same time information encoding And business processes. We should not only promote the optimization of the soft and hard environment for enterprise informatization, but also serve as a good adviser for CEOs Senior managers Promote the improvement of the internal and external business environment of the enterprise together.

4. Communication level: CTO is responsible for internal and external technical training, technical exchange and support. CIO arranges training on enterprise informatization, finds the bottleneck of information application, observes and studies the information flow and its role in enterprise operation. Coordination and communication supervisor-subordinate Guanxi To build an excellent IT team.

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