CCO

(1) (Chief or Corporate Compliance Officer) The executive person in charge of compliance issues, regulatory requirements, internal controls and managing audits within an enterprise or organization. Hiring for the position of CCO became popular in the early 2000s as a response to accounting and fraud scandals of such companies as Enron, Tyco and WorldCom, which were involved in corporate governance and financial disclosure problems. Legislation to ensure responsible reporting was passed, and policy compliance became a significant focus of upper management everywhere. See Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

(2) (Chief Creative Officer) The executive person in charge of a company's brand and image. In a design firm, the CCO oversees the art directors and artists. In a startup, the CCO may hold a very prominent position.

(3) (Chief Cloud Officer) The executive person in charge of an organization's deployment of cloud services. CCOs are responsible for selecting cloud computing providers as well as overseeing the migration to cloud platforms. Cloud security and governance also fall under the CCO's jurisdiction. See cloud computing and XaaS.

(4) (Chief Confusion Officer) The head of the confusion department in large software companies who oversees the group that ensures that the next version of their software will mystify all previous users and drive them batty.

CCO

Acronym	Definition
CCO➣Cancer Care Ontario (Canada)
CCO➣Chief Compliance Officer (corporate title)
CCO➣Cisco Connection Online (Cisco Systems)
CCO➣Chief Creative Officer (corporate title)
CCO➣Clear Channel Outdoor (various locations)
CCO➣Camp Chief Ouray (Granby, CO)
CCO➣Chief Credit Officer (banking)
CCO➣Chief Customer Officer (corporate title)
CCO➣Community College Outreach (various organizations)
CCO➣Common Course Outline (various schools)
CCO➣Cisco Connection Online
CCO➣Catalytic Converter
CCO➣Chief Commercial Officer
CCO➣Contract Commercial Organization (various companies)
CCO➣Cell Change Order (wireless communications)
CCO➣Chief Communications Officer (corporate title)
CCO➣Criminal Code Offenses (various locations)
CCO➣Central Coordinating Office (Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence)
CCO➣Chief of the Contracting Office (various government agencies)
CCO➣Continuous Cardiac Output
CCO➣Cytochrome C Oxidase
CCO➣Consultation Coordination Officer (various locations)
CCO➣Catholic Christian Outreach (Canada)
CCO➣Chief of Combat Operations (US Air Force)
CCO➣Citigroup Country Officer
CCO➣Clandestine Communist Organization
CCO➣College of Chiropractors of Ontario
CCO➣Coal Controller Organization (India)
CCO➣Centre de Communication de l'Ouest (French: Communication Center of the West)
CCO➣Close Combat Optic
CCO➣Chief Clinical Officer (healthcare)
CCO➣Certified Crane Operator
CCO➣Contract Change Order
CCO➣Community Corrections Officer
CCO➣Conservative Central Office (UK)
CCO➣Cyber Control Order (US Air Force)
CCO➣Contingency Contracting Officer
CCO➣Customer Care Online (software)
CCO➣Comptoir Change Opéra (French currency exchange office; est. 1955)
CCO➣Church Community Organization (Kansas City, MO)
CCO➣Current Controlled Oscillator
CCO➣Complex Contingency Operations
CCO➣Condemned: Criminal Origins (video game)
CCO➣Combat Cargo Officer
CCO➣Chief Carbon Officer
CCO➣Canadian Cadet Organizations
CCO➣Catholic Conference of Ohio (Columbus, Ohio)
CCO➣Central Control Officer
CCO➣Communauté de Communes d'Oyonnax (French: Community of Communes of Oyonnax; Oyonnax, France)
CCO➣Centre de Contrôle des Opérations (French: Operations Control Center; various companies)
CCO➣COMINT Channels Only
CCO➣Construction Council of Ontario (Union)
CCO➣Concord Chamber Orchestra (Milwaukee, WI)
CCO➣Chief Consulting Officer (corporate title)
CCO➣Crystal Controlled Oscillator
CCO➣Charlotte Civic Orchestra (Charlotte, NC)
CCO➣Chief of Combined Operations
CCO➣Can't Call Out
CCO➣Cópia de Carbono Oculta (Portuguese: Blind Carbon Copy)
CCO➣Customer Care Office
CCO➣Coastal Caribbean Oils & Minerals, Ltd (former stock symbol; now delisted)
CCO➣Circuit Control Officer
CCO➣Container Control Officer
CCO➣Continuity-Check Outgoing
CCO➣Circuit Control Office
CCO➣Canadian College of Organists
CCO➣Computer Center Operator
CCO➣Création Concept Optique (French eyeglass designer)
CCO➣Chief Control Officer
CCO➣Cercle des Compagnons d'Oniros (French: Oniros Fellowship Circle; gaming community)
CCO➣Circumpolar Coordination Office (University of the Arctic; Rovaniemi, Finland)
CCO➣Centre Catalan d'Oncologie (French: Catalan Oncology Center)
CCO➣Conception à Coûts Objectifs (French: Design to Cost Objectives; business methodology)
CCO➣Combat Control Officer (Canadian naval equivalent of USN TAO and Royal Navy PWO)
CCO➣Central Contracting Office
CCO➣Communications Collection Outstation
CCO➣Certified Court Officer (Deputy Sheriffs Association of Michigan)
CCO➣Centre de Conventions d'Oran (French: Oran Convention Center; Oran, Algeria)
CCO➣Cadet Chief Officer
CCO➣Classified Control Officer
CCO➣Compound Cycle Engine
CCO➣Christian Care Organization
CCO➣Canberra Community Orchestra (now renamed the National Capital Orchestra)
CCO➣Clinchfield Railroad Company
CCO➣Counterpoint Community Orchestra (Canada)
CCO➣Critical Compliance Objective
CCO➣Collapsed Central Office (Tachion Networks, Inc.)
CCO➣Computing Center Operations
CCO➣Claims Central Office (insurance)
CCO➣Communications Control Officer