Chief Research Officer

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
CRO
Pronunciation
/ʧif ˈrisərʧ ˈɔfɪsər/
Category
Business
Related Field
General

Examples in Context

  1. Timothy Coetzee is the Chief Research Officer(CRO) for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
  2. Along with Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, and a number of leaders from high-tech academia, he has joined President Barack Obama's team of technology advisers.
  3. Craig Mundie inherited Gate's chief research and strategy officer duties, while former Harvard classmate Steve Ballmer became chief executive officer at the Seattle-based software colossus.
  4. Sophie and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, in which she is responsible for Xerox's worldwide research center, which I think there're five.

Other meanings of CRO

Contract Research Organization Medical
Clinical Research Organization Medical
Contract Research Organisation Academic
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Conversion Rate Optimization Misc
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Chief Risk Officer Business
Chief Restructuring Officer Business
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