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[James Knight]

CXOs is almost always plural, yes. Members of that group tend also to
collect in "Executive Committees", or "Excoms". Perhaps it is from there
the X derives.

My $0.02.

-jk

At 01:43 PM 8/7/04, you wrote:
>At 11:53 AM -0700 8/7/04, Ron Southerland wrote:
>>--On 2004  August 7  14:36 -0400 "James A. Landau" <JJJRLandau at AOL.COM>
>>wrote:
>>
>><...>
>>
>>| "CXO" which appeared in several articles in the July 26, 2004,
>>| Computerworld.  In a signed article on the "OPINION" page, "Educate Your
>>| CXOs" by Maryfran Johnson, the following appeared:
>>|
>>| "...the role that all successful CIOs master---that of business
>>| communicator, educator and guide for the so-called CXOs (that senior
>>| business lineup of CEOs, CFO, COOs, CMOs and so forth)..."
>>|
>>| "CIO" is "Chief Information Officer"
>>| "CEO" is well-known
>>| "CFO" is "Chief Financial Officer" and I don't know why that title is only
>>| one in the list that is not plural
>>| "COO" is "Chief Operating Officer"
>>| I don't know what a CMO is.
>>|
>>| "CXO" also appeared, without definition, in an article on pages 31-32.
>>
>><...>
>>
>>Looks like (from a peek at www.acronymfinder.com) CXO is 'chief executive
>>officer'
>
>But isn't CEO precisely 'chief executive officer'?   I guess 'chief
>xerox officer' wouldn't be quite high enough in the hierarchy for
>"CXO".  The variable analysis strikes me as the most plausible.
>
>>and thus a hypernym for all the others in the list. CMO (from the
>>same site) would appear to be 'chief marketing officer'. Who knew?
>>
>>--
>>Ron Southerland
>>Gabriola Island


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