As a CIO/CTO, I am very hands-on, but I don't feel offended by this statement; I do agree that there are many companies where the CIO/CTO are often vendor manag

As a CIO/CTO, I am very hands-on, but I don't feel offended by this statement; I do agree that there are many companies where the CIO/CTO are often vendor management, and more administrative than technical. I'm not sure I agree about COOs though. My experience with COOs is that they typically have the pulse of the company and are actually quite close to the ground.