Why use executive assistant to the CTO
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With the wide range of responsibilities and tasks the CTO must take care of, companies often seek out executive assistants to these executives. It is important to use a agency that really understands what it takes to make a good assistant to the CTO.
Why Use Executive Assistant to the CTO Staffing Services?
The Executive Assistant (EA) to the CTO typically has prior experience supporting C-level executives, and often has worked in an administrative capacity within the same organization with increasing levels of responsibility before being promoted. Since they often come up from other departments, these assistants typically know how to navigate themselves within the company, and know the role technology plays there along with the systems in use.
What Happens When There’s No Internal Candidate for an EA to the CTO?
The EA to the CTO is a prominent C-level EA role, with frequent interaction with the CEO office. It is not unusual for a successful EA to the CTO to eventually be promoted to EA to the CEO. This person must be college-educated, not necessarily with a major focused on technology, but must have attained some level of higher education and should have an interest in technology.
Occasionally a situation arises where there is no internal candidate qualified for promotion to the EA to the CTO/CIO. When this happens, C-Suite Assistants is often called in to search for an external candidate. Based on our experience, there are a variety of things we look for in candidates.
Ideal EA to CTO Candidate Qualities:
- Exceptional Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Two or four-year degree in information technology, computer science or a related field of study
- Passion for technology
- Highly organized, detail-oriented
- Ability to liaise between technical staff and other business departments
- Prior experience supporting C-level executives
- Longevity in previous positions, showing career progression
- Calendar management
- International and domestic travel arrangements
- Project management
What’s the Role of the CTO?
In some companies, the roles are blurred, but traditionally the CTO is focused on technology itself, while the CIO is charged with mapping out a company’s IT policies and strategies. The CTO generally oversees the development of new technologies, being focused on opportunities to commercialize any technology that may be necessary to deliver products and services to clients. Therefore, the CTO is often involved with developing “intellectual property” strategies and proprietary technologies.
Many large companies have both roles, but at some companies the CTO/CIO roles are combined, and in this case the individual would report to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), or the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), or the Chief Operating Officer (COO). Without a doubt, the CTO role has become more prominent as information technology and cyber security have become critical factors in running a successful business.
General Responsibilities of the CTO May Include:
- Must fulfill the role of a business leader
- Make executive decisions regarding purchase of IT equipment and creating and implementing new systems
- Lead and direct the IT team
- Recruit the best professionals to fill the jobs the company needs to run the IT platform
- Manage the infrastructure and operations of IT, including network operations, data center, applications development and maintenance, and security
- Selecting advanced technology
- Carrying out competitive analysis of a company’s IT operations
- Establish a highly secure technology environment within an organization
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