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What is Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

In this article, you'll learn who the Chief Technology Officer is, what a CTO does, what skills a CEO should have, how to become a CTO, and more.


Erdem Yasar Erdem Yasar
January 3, 2023
3 min read
What is Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

CTO stands for “Chief Technology Officer” is an executive who is responsible for managing an organization’s technical tasks along with research and development. A CTO should be capable of examining an organization’s short and long-term needs and making investments to help the organization achieve its goals.

Table of Contents

  • What is the CTO position?
  • What does a CTO do?
  • What qualifies a CTO?
  • Who is higher than a CTO?
  • Who does a CTO report to?
  • How do you become a CTO?
  • What education and degree do you need to be a CTO?
  • What is the average base salary of a CTO?
  • What are the types of CTOs?
  • Which is the higher CIO or CTO?

What is the CTO position?

CTO position is one of the highest executive-level manager positions that oversees the engineering or other applied science departments. CTOs focus on the technical side of the business to help the organization stay competitive.


What does a CTO do?

There is no universal standard for a CTO’s rules, they are completely dependent on the organization’s needs and size. In some situations, CTOs can play various roles, such as strategic planner, customer relations liaison, and overseer of infrastructure. In general, a CTO determines the research and development team’s goals, develops strategies for utilizing technology within the organization, ensures that the technology is being used according to the needs, evaluates new technologies and implements the required ones, monitors and assesses IT budgets, implements project to improve customer experience, approves new IT infrastructure, communication systems, and software designs, and trains and mentors employees.


What qualifies a CTO?

Most CTOs are starting their career as engineers after getting their master’s degrees. Most CTOs are also spending more than 15 years in a specific industry, gaining experience before being appointed as a CTO. Some organizations are also asking for specific certifications before hiring their CTOs. Similar to many other C-level executives, CTO should also have a firm foundation of finance, statistics, marketing, strategic and visionary thinking, data-driven decision-making, leadership, and communications.


Who is higher than a CTO?

That depends on the organization’s structure. In most cases, the only role higher than a CTO is the CEO. But in some companies, CIO is higher than the CTO.


Who does a CTO report to?

It also depends on the organization’s preferences. Mostly CTO report directly to the CEO, similar to many other C-level executives. However, in some organizations, CTO reports directly to CIO.


How do you become a CTO?

Becoming a CTO requires a strong technical education, almost two decades of experience, managerial abilities, and sometimes respected certifications. People who are interested in becoming a CEO in the later stages of their career start their business life by working as an engineer. It requires constant learning during the career, to be able to utilize the latest technologies.


What education and degree do you need to be a CTO?

Most organizations require CTOs to at least have a bachelor’s degree in a technology-related field. Since the position also requires managerial skills, most professionals who are interested in working as a CTO also have a master’s degree, such as Master of Business Administration, or any other hybrid degree that can cover both skills.


What is the average base salary of a CTO?

Typical CTO salaries in the U.S. range from approximately $25,000 to $275,000. The average salary of a CTO in the U.S. is approximately $153,121.


What are the types of CTOs?

There are various types of CTOs depending on their roles in an organization. Some CTOs only focus on overseeing data, maintenance, and security. They are also responsible for the organization’s technology roadmap. Another type of CTO only focuses on utilizing technologies to improve customer experience. They work closely with marketing teams to provide IT projects that suit their customers’ needs. Some CTOs’ main duty is to look for new ways to implement the latest technologies that can be beneficial for the organization for the organization’s success.


Which is the higher CIO or CTO?

Both roles are focused on information and technology, thus it can sound very similar. While a CIO focuses on the internal part of an organization, a CTO focuses on the external, in most cases. However, the hierarchy between these two important roles completely depends on the company’s organizational structure. In some organizations, both report to the CEO, while in some cases the CTO reports to the CIO.

Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar is a news editor at Cloud7 News. Erdem started his career by writing video game reviews in 2007 for PC World magazine while he was studying computer engineering. In the following years, he focused on software development with various programming languages. After his graduation, he continued to work as an editor for several major tech-related websites and magazines. During the 2010s, Erdem Yasar shifted his focus to cloud computing, hosting, and data centers as they were becoming more popular topics in the tech industry. Erdem Yasar also worked with various industry-leading tech companies as a content creator by writing blog posts and other articles. Prior to his role at Cloud7 News, Erdem was the managing editor of T3 Magazine.

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