Many a CFO (chief financial officer) or COO (chief operating officer) falls squarely in this category.

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The firm also announced that its chief operating officer (COO) Don Morrison is planning to retire.

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Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) announced today that Henrique de Castro has been hired as chief operating officer (COO).

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Five years later he was named chief operating officer (COO).

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