0 the manager in an organization who is responsible for how the whole organization is run:
The chief operating officer for the British energy company said the cleanup had been successful.
She became chief operating officer of the organization in October 2012, the year before it went public.
The district used to have a managing director, but several years ago split that job between a chief financial officer and chief operations officer.
1 the person who is responsible for managing the usual activities of a company or organization:
As chief operating officer he has responsibility for the day-to-day running of the organization, as well as overseeing special projects.
He currently serves as deputy chief operating officer at News, with responsibility for the Fox TV stations.
In 2015 he was appointed chief operating officer, but he failed to get the CEO job in a succession contest.
Gary Miller, chief operating officer for Cornerstone, said the Department of Family Services is placing fewer than half the number of juveniles in the facility than it had over the last five years.
According to Denny Shaw, chief operations officer of the i-Safe America program, more than 10 percent of teens admit they would willingly meet an online stranger face-to-face.
