I beg to disagree, Green-eye's and Manor.  I read it to mean that he talks with his CEO on a daily basis.  Frankly, your dogmatic approach to discussion sometimes hinders discussion.

He has an opinion.  Can he have a different opinion?

This board, at times, has become so filled with an air of pettiness that it begins to lose it's value.  Argument is good for the mind and should be encouraged, frankly.... but at times it seems almost like bullying... and over nothing but semantics.