Everyone's a CXO for 15 Minutes

I have a pet peeve in that every role within every organization fancies the need for there to be a CXO of that role. I don't know how many CXOs is too many to spoil the broth, but it's a smaller number than those that exist. I'm collecting all the CXO roles, with a focus on new and exciting ones, because I'm idly curious to see how high a number I can grow that to. If I find any relevant websites or professional associations, I'll add them. 

I recognize that some of these titles are...let's say unique to a particular organization or circumstances. I also recognize that there is overlap in some of them and/or that some of them are quite specific for some reason - e.g., the multiple different Chief AI roles listed below. Doesn't matter - someone signed off on those as titles. 

Food for thought: 
  • How many CXOs is too many? 
  • What's the right ratio of CXOs to, well, everyone else in an organization? 
  • If a CXO reports to another CXO that's not the CEO, is that CXO really a CXO, or is it just a VP with a sexier title?
Current CXO count: 190 as of 3/23/2024
  1. Chief Academic Officer - seen in news story 9/9/2023, https://www.acao.org/
  2. Chief Acceleration Officer - seen on Twitter 3/29/2022
  3. Chief Accounting Officer - seen in a story about Tesla on 8/7/2023
  4. Chief Administrative Officer
  5. Chief AI Officer - seen on LinkedIn 6/13/2023
  6. Chief AI Chat Data Scientist - seen on Twitter 10/22/2023
  7. Chief AI Ethics Officer - seen on LinkedIn 2/2/2024
  8. Chief Amazement Officer - seen on Twitter, most recently on 2/7/2022
  9. Chief Analytics Officer
  10. Chief Artificial Intelligence and Information Security Officer - seen on LinkedIn 2/7/2024
  11. Chief Audit Executive - LinkedIn, 8/3/2022
  12. Chief Automation Officer - 8/25/2022, https://venturebeat.com/automation/the-emergence-of-the-chief-automation-officer/
  13. Chief Behavioral Officer
  14. Chief Brand Officer
  15. Chief Brand Engagement Officer - seen on LinkedIn 1/14/2023 
  16. Chief Budget Officer
  17. Chief Business Development Officer
  18. Chief Business Officer
  19. Chief Business & Product Officer - someone's current job title on LinkedIn 8/12/2023
  20. Chief Candy Officer - https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/love-candy-heres-the-job-for-you-5930866/
  21. Chief Cheerleader
  22. Chief Claims Officer - seen on LinkedIn 12/26/2023
  23. Chief Client Services Officer - UCE received 9/7/2023
  24. Chief Cloud Officer
  25. Chief Coffee Orderer
  26. Chief Commercial Officer
  27. Chief Communications Officer
  28. Chief Compliance Officer
  29. Chief Connectivity Officer - seen on LinkedIn 11/19/2021
  30. Chief Consulting Officer - seen on LinkedIn as job title 2/18/2024
  31. Chief Content Officer
  32. Chief Corporate Affairs Officer - heard in news story 10/13/2023
  33. Chief Corporate Citizenship Officer - saw LinkedIn post by someone with that title 2/1/2024
  34. Chief Course Artisan - seen on LinkedIn 4/12/2023
  35. Chief Creative Officer
  36. Chief Culture Officer - seen on LinkedIn post by someone with that title 12/26/2023
  37. Chief Customer Officer - http://www.ccocouncil.org/
  38. Chief Customer and Innovation Officer - seen on LinkedIn promotion announcement 7/31/2023
  39. Chief Data and Analytics Officer - seen on LinkedIn 2/15/2022
  40. Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer - seen on LinkedIn 12/9/2021
  41. Chief Data Officer
  42. Chief Data & Trust officer - 8/3/2022
  43. Chief Data Governance and Privacy Officer - 8/3/2022; embraced by Gartner 
  44. Chief Design Officer
  45. Chief Development Officer - seen in a succession announcement on Twitter 1/24/2024
  46. Chief Digital Officer
  47. Chief Digital and Administrative Officer - seen on LinkedIn 10/15/2022
  48. Chief Digital and Information Officer - seen on LinkedIn 12/2/2022
  49. Chief Digital Responsibility and Public Policy Officer - 8/3/2022
  50. Chief Digital Risk Officer - 8/3/2022
  51. Chief Digital Transformation Officer - someone took that role and posted it on LinkedIn 4/11/2022
  52. Chief Digital Wellness Officer - seen on LinkedIn on 9/21/2022
  53. Chief Disability Officer
  54. Chief Diversity Officer
  55. Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer - seen on 7/26/2022
  56. Chief E-Commerce Officer
  57. Chief Enablement Officer - seen on LinkedIn 4/10/2023
  58. Chief Encouragement Officer - seen on Twitter 9/27/2022
  59. Chief Engineer
  60. Chief Engineering Officer
  61. Chief Enthusiasm Officer - seen on LinkedIn 1/14/2023
  62. Chief Entrepreneur - seen on LinkedIn 1/3/2023
  63. Chief Environmental, Social and Governance Officer - 1/18/2023
  64. Chief Equality Officer - https://www.worklife.news/leadership/chief-trust-officer/
  65. Chief Equity Officer - seen online 10/4/2023
  66. Chief Ethics Officer
  67. Chief Events Officer
  68. Chief Executive Officer
  69. Chief Experience Officer
  70. Chief External Affairs Officer - seen as a job title 2/19/2024
  71. Chief Financial Officer
  72. Chief Future Officer 
  73. Chief Futurist
  74. Chief Gaming Officer
  75. Chief Genealogical Officer
  76. Chief Global Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Officer - someone with that title seen on LinkedIn 8/25/2023
  77. Chief Governance Officer
  78. Chief Growth Officer
  79. Chief Happiness Officer
  80. Chief Health Officer - seen on LinkedIn 8/31/2022
  81. Chief Health Equity Officer - seen on LinkedIn 3/14/2022
  82. Chief Heart Officer - LinkedIn 1/14/2023
  83. Chief Human Resources Officer - https://www.hrpolicy.org/
  84. Chief Image Officer
  85. Chief Impact Officer - seen in marketing email 1/17/2024
  86. Chief Information Officer
  87. Chief Information and Operations Officer - announced on LinkedIn 9/22/2023
  88. Chief Information Governance Officer - https://www.cigoa.org
  89. Chief Information Governance & Privacy Officer - 8/3/2022
  90. Chief Information Security Officer
  91. Chief Innovation Officer
  92. Chief Innovation and Technology Officer - seen on LinkedIn 12/16/2023
  93. Chief Innovation and Value Officer - seen via email 5/3/2023
  94. Chief Inspiration Officer
  95. Chief Integration Officer - seen on LinkedIn 11/25/2022
  96. Chief Integrator Officer - seen at the AIIM22 conference 4/29/2022
  97. Chief Intellectual Property Officer
  98. Chief Internet Evangelist
  99. Chief Investment Officer
  100. Chief Joy Officer
  101. Chief Knowledge Officer
  102. Chief Knowledge and Innovation Officer - job announced on LinkedIn 7/31/2023
  103. Chief Learning Officer
  104. Chief Learning Culture Officer - new eBook by Curious Lion 4/11/2022
  105. Chief Legal Officer
  106. Chief Legal and Business Affairs Officer - seen on LinkedIn 3/10/2022
  107. Chief Legal and Compliance Officer - title seen in use on Twitter 9/12/2023
  108. Chief Legal Operations Officer - seen on LinkedIn 8/10/2023
  109. Chief Legal Technologist - seen on LinkedIn 2/25/2022
  110. Chief Lending Officer - seen on LinkedIn 12/20/2022
  111. Chief Listening Officer
  112. Chief Market Intelligence Officer - seen on LinkedIn 3/23/2024
  113. Chief Marketing Officer
  114. Chief Media Officer
  115. Chief Medical Officer
  116. Chief Membership & Commercial Services Officer - seen on LinkedIn 1/2/2024
  117. Chief Membership Experience Officer - seen on LinkedIn 1/10/2023
  118. Chief Merchandising Officer - seen in a story on LinkedIn 5/19/2022
  119. Chief Metaverse Officer - seen on 4/1/2022 at https://info.aiim.org/aiim-blog/how-to-prepare-for-the-metaverse
  120. Chief Morale Officer - seen on LinkedIn 3/1/2022
  121. Chief Movement Officer
  122. Chief Network Officer
  123. Chief Networking Officer
  124. Chief Nuclear Officer - saw someone announcing that as their new title on LinkedIn 3/31/2023
  125. Chief Nursing Informatics Officer - saw someone with that title on LinkedIn 1/7/2022
  126. Chief Observance Officer
  127. Chief Operating Officer
  128. Chief Operations Officer
  129. Chief Partner Officer - seen on LinkedIn announcement 7/22/2022
  130. Chief People Officer
  131. Chief Perception Officer
  132. Chief Pharmacy Officer - seen on LinkedIn 12/9/2021
  133. Chief Pizza and Beer Officer - job posting on LinkedIn for Casey's Pizza 1/18/2024
  134. Chief Policy Innovation Officer - 8/3/2022 on Twitter
  135. Chief Privacy Officer
  136. Chief Privacy & Data Ethics Officer - 8/3/2022
  137. Chief Process Officer
  138. Chief Process and AI Officer - https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/2023/07/26/michael-best-creates-ai-focused-c-suite-role/ 
  139. Chief Procurement Officer
  140. Chief Product Officer
  141. Chief Product Security Officer
  142. Chief Program Officer - position announced on LinkedIn 2/1/2024
  143. Chief Purpose Officer - LinkedIn 1/14/2023
  144. Chief Quality Officer
  145. Chief Quality and Product Integrity Officer
  146. Chief Queer Officer - seen on LinkedIn 11/23/2021
  147. Chief Rainmaker - seen on LinkedIn 4/14/2022
  148. Chief Recognition Officer - seen on Linked 12/12/2021
  149. Chief Records Officer 
  150. Chief Recruiting Officer - seen on LinkedIn 4/11/2023
  151. Chief Remote Officer - BBC story on 11/2/2022 https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20221027-the-rise-of-the-chief-remote-officer
  152. Chief Reputation Officer
  153. Chief Research Officer
  154. Chief Restructuring Officer
  155. Chief Revenue Officer - see e.g. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/03/13/the-ceos-new-secret-weapon-the-chief-revenue-officer
  156. Chief Risk Officer
  157. Chief Safety Officer
  158. Chief Sales Officer - seen on LinkedIn 8/21/2023
  159. Chief Scientific Officer
  160. Chief Scientific and Regulatory Officer
  161. Chief Scientist
  162. Chief Security Officer
  163. Chief Services Officer
  164. Chief Social Media Officer
  165. Chief Stores Officer - Nordstrom has one according to a story seen 8/28/2023.
  166. Chief Storyteller - seen on LinkedIn 1/4/2022
  167. Chief Storytelling Officer
  168. Chief Strategy Officer
  169. Chief Strategy and Accountability Officer - posted as job title by holder on 11/1/2023
  170. Chief Supply Chain Officer
  171. Chief Sustainability Officer - LinkedIn 1/14/2023
  172. Chief Talent Officer
  173. Chief Talent Acquisition Officer - seen in ARMA Magazine article on 7/21/2023
  174. Chief Talent Development Officer - seen as reference to the magazine of the same name published by ATD on 12/27/2021
  175. Chief Technical Officer
  176. Chief Technological Product Officer
  177. Chief Technology Ethics Officer - first seen 11/9/2021: https://hbr.org/2021/11/thinking-through-the-ethics-of-new-techbefore-theres-a-problem
  178. Chief Technology Officer
  179. Chief Technology Security Officer
  180. Chief Technology Strategist - seen on Twitter 5/30/2023
  181. Chief TikTok Officer - LinkedIn story 2/14/2023 https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/hot-new-job-chief-tiktok-officer-6173050/
  182. Chief Transformation Officer - seen as a job title on LinkedIn as of 3/30/2022
  183. Chief Trust Officer - https://www.worklife.news/leadership/chief-trust-officer/ 
  184. Chief Trust and Security Officer - someone's job title seen on LinkedIn 10/25/2023
  185. Chief Value Officer - seen on LinkedIn as of 12/12/2021
  186. Chief Visibility Officer
  187. Chief Visionary Officer
  188. Chief Web Officer
  189. Chief Wellbeing Officer
  190. Chief Wellness Officer - seen on LinkedIn 1/14/2023

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