Puma’s Supervisory Board has appointed Andreas Hubert as chief operating officer (COO), effective September 1. Hubert will be ...

As PUMA’s COO, Andreas will be in charge of PUMA’s Global Sourcing Operations, including Sustainability and Product Development, IT and Logistics ...

Kreul joins from First Hospitality, where he held the same role. At Remington, he’ll report to newly named CEO Ben Perelmuter ...

Reed Lanham has been named Chief Operating Officer for Trinity Metro following an exhaustive nationwide search. Previously ...

Butterfly said Getz has signed a separation agreement under which she will receive a cash severance payment of $430,500, adding that she will serve in an advisory role at least through mid-March 2026, ...

Puma has named Adidas veteran Andreas Hubert as its new chief operating officer, effective Sept. 1. Hubert will also become ...

A New Leaf announced Maranda Figueroa will become its new Chief Executive Officer starting Sept. 1. Figueroa has been with A ...

NightFood Holdings ( ($NGTF) ) has issued an announcement. On July 29, 2025, NightFood Holdings, Inc. appointed James Steigerwald as Chief ...

Geisinger named a new chief administrative officer to lead local operations in the central region Monday. Alex Zimmerman, who has been serving as interim regional chief administrative officer since ...

A COO is not simply a more senior operations leader. In fact, the word "operations" doesn’t show up in the title. Perhaps it feels like semantics, but the COO is the chief operating officer.

To ensure that focus, the chief operating officer becomes critical to a company’s ongoing success. The COO will typically be the company’s second in command and report directly to the CEO.

The main difference between a "director of operations" and a "chief operating officer" is the title. Each position involves overseeing a company's daily operations. However, the employer, or the ...