chief information officernoun [ C ]
ukusabbreviation CIO WORKPLACE, MANAGEMENTthe person who is in charge of the department that deals with the computer systems in a company or organization:
As chief information officer he was responsible for the company's policy on employees' use of social networking sites in the workplace.
the person in charge of giving out information about a company or organization to the public:
The chief information officer sent out a press release about several new products.