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Re:One job, many roles: The different skills needed to be a ... by NikolaNovak on Thursday August 08, 2019 @11:13AM (#20645296)
>>A CTO (or CIO, depending on the type of company)

I have seen companies that have both. Purposefully before Googling it myself;), my personal experience in such cases CIO would be more business oriented and have a more software/data oriented view; whereas a CTO would be more implementation, technology, infrastructure, enforcement of standards and policies orientation.

Edit, after Googling, other disagree with my experience: CIO is for internal operations, CTO is for external business:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/difference-between-cio-cto-ra...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/ready-and-enabled/cio-v...

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Re:One job, many roles: The different skills needed to be a ... by derefr on Thursday August 08, 2019 @02:07PM (#20646977)
If your company’s IP is in the form of technology, the CTO drives R&D strategy and the CIO is a purely-tactical role; if your company’s IP is in the form of information (e.g. a GIS or other data-product company), the CIO drives R&D strategy and the CTO is the purely-tactical role.
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