Category: Incomplete lists CAO is the bizspeak acronym for Chief Accounting Officer. ... A chief executive officer (CEO) or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, company, or agency. ... For other uses of the abbreviation CFO see CFO (disambiguation) The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of a company is the corporate officer primarily responsible for managing the financial risks of a business (see External Link below). ... A chief operating officer (or COO) is a corporate officer responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the corporation. ... Chief Technical Officer or Chief Technology Officer, usually seen as CTO, is a business executive position whose holder is focused on technical issues in a company. ... The term human resources is variously defined in political economy and economics, where it was traditionally called labor, one of three factors of production. ... Total cost of ownership (TCO) is a financial estimate designed to help consumers and enterprise managers assess direct and indirect costs related to the purchase of any capital investment, such as (but not limited to) computer software or hardware. ... In finance, the return on investment (ROI) or just return is a calculation used to determine whether a proposed investment is wise, and how well it will repay the investor. ...