"Chief"(C) of any company deals with people and planning not the direct expertise for that area of the company. A Chief Marketing Officer does not have to be a

"Chief"(C) of any company deals with people and planning not the direct expertise for that area of the company. A Chief Marketing Officer does not have to be a master in advertisement but the person needs to be a master at dealing with people, get the information needed to make a decision and make a decision. The person also needs to develop a strategy to execute on the CEO's vision. You can say the same thing about the CTO. The last thing you want is an expert Techie in that role. The Chief needs to put the right people in place and trust them to do their job. If the team is not working then the Chief needs to figure out why. The Chief needs to have a director and senior managers that will have expertise to do the work. A small company needs an expert tech but that role is really a director or senior manager that gets the title as CTO as an ego boost when in reality it is the role of a senior manager or a director. If your company is small a CTO title is a misnomer. It's important to point out that a CTO's role will change depending on the company's size.