Chief Operating Officer
Summary
A chief operating officer (or chief operations officer; COO) can be one of the highest-ranking executives in an organization and comprises part of the "c suite". The COO is responsible for the daily operation of the company. The COO routinely reports to the highest ranking executive, usually the chief executive officer (CEO) and may also carry the title of president, especially if the highest ranking executive is the chairman and CEO. In some cases, the duties of COO may be carried out by a sub-C-Suite executive such as a Director of Operations, Operations Director, Vice-President of Operations, or Executive Director.The role of the COO differs from industry to industry and from organization to organization.
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Neptunus makes room for Snoozebox at Silverstone
Temporary structures specialist Neptunus has won a two-year contract to provide Snoozebox with a semi-permanent structure at its portable hotel at Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire. Snoozebox offers transportable, temporary hotel accommodation that can be delivered to an event and be fully operational within 48 hours. Rooms arrive on trucks and are housed in shipping containers, [.
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Morning Brief: Four journalists at the Mirror Group arrested for hacking voice mails; WSJ app update adds sharing options, while Future fixes major bug in new digital-only magazine; WoodWing adds SMS as partner
The phone hacking scandal grew today with the arrest of four journalists from the Mirror Group, including the current Sunday People editor James Scott. The arrests center around actions taken from 2003 to 2004. Tina Weaver, former Sunday Mirror editor, Nick Buckley, deputy Sunday People editor, and Mark Thomas, former People editor, were the other three journalists arrested.
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Judge rules Apple CEO Tim Cook must testify in ebook antitrust case
Apple CEO Tim Cook will have to testify in the the Department of Justice’s ebook antitrust case, federal judge Denise Cote ruled Wednesday, according to a report in Reuters.
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Facebook Denies Google Access to FBX
Facebook and Google aren’t exactly besties, and the social giant’s latest move won’t help matters. In recent weeks Facebook has made two friends through moves that will simultaneously help its own advertising business and hurt Google’s.
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Facebook promises less clutter in revamped news feed as advertises get more real estate
Facebook has unveiled a major new look to its News Feed, the most significant change since the launch of Facebook Timelines, that it promises will reduce clutter and focus more on stories from friends and family.
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Beware of broken glass: the media's double standard for women at the top
Here’s a theory: successful women are Rorschach tests. They acquire meaning that is completely divorced from the reality of who they are and what they believe and instead become symbols for what the observer thinks is significant. . . .
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On leaning in
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is an idealist, or at least an optimist. Lean In, her charming, self-deprecating book that lands March 11, outlines her take on how more women can achieve higher professional success by "leaning in," defined as "being ambitious in any pursuit," though her focus is the pursuit of corporate leadership, and her take on ambition is complex.
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Susan Lyne Becomes CEO of AOL's Brand Group
AOL board member and Gilt vice chairman Susan Lyne has been appointed CEO of AOL's brand group, the company said this morning.
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AOL picks Susan Lyne to head up its brands, including TechCrunch
(Reuters) - AOL Inc appointed board director Susan Lyne on Thursday to head up its portfolio of brands, including TechCrunch and Mapquest.
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Text-to-speech startup iSpeech launches publisher platform; Evernote, Pearson first clients
iSpeech, a Newark, N. J. -based startup that specializes in lifelike text-to-speech apps and previously rolled out voice technology for the connected home, is launching a platform for publishers, the company plans to announce Tuesday. The tools are designed to help publishers quickly and inexpensively convert books and articles into audio.
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