CTO

German translation: CTO - Chief Technology Officer

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English term or phrase:CTO
German translation:CTO - Chief Technology Officer
Entered by: Sabine Tietge

05:31 Nov 21, 2001
English to German translations [PRO]
IT (Information Technology) / IT
English term or phrase: CTO
To stay ahead of the competition companies must spend money on IT but many CTO have suffered from over budget and ineffective projec
Sabine Tietge
Local time: 18:33
CTO / Chief Technology Officer
Explanation:
Bleibt im Deutschen so stehen, entweder als Abkürzung oder ausgeschrieben (oder beides).
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Judith Schmid
France
Local time: 15:03
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Vielen Dank :-)...das passt!!!
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5CTO / Chief Technology Officer
Judith Schmid
4Chief Technical Officer
Verena Moser
4 -1chief talent officer
martina schneider


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
chief talent officer


Explanation:
came across this term lately.

"Over at Agilent Technologies, (...) John Sullivan is CTO (chief talent officer) (...)

see: business spotlight No.4/2001, p.48

martina schneider
Germany
Local time: 15:03

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Judith Schmid: I don'think a talent officer would be responsible for IT spending
2 mins
  -> certainly you´re right - my fingers were to quick to press the "send" button...
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
CTO / Chief Technology Officer


Explanation:
Bleibt im Deutschen so stehen, entweder als Abkürzung oder ausgeschrieben (oder beides).


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Judith Schmid
France
Local time: 15:03
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 11
Grading comment
Vielen Dank :-)...das passt!!!
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Chief Technical Officer


Explanation:
Sometimes also Chief Technology Officer, person in charge of technical decisions in a company on the highest level

source: my own corporate experience

Verena Moser
Local time: 14:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
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