Technology Today 2007 Issue 1 - Raytheon

“One of the things that sets Raytheon
apart from the competition is our long
history of supporting allied governments
overseas with innovative solutions, and our
ability and proven track record in developing,
deploying and supporting our technology
and services on all seven continents.
For these reasons, Raytheon has spent the
past years getting close to these markets,
understanding their needs and their interest
in pursuing solutions.”
Even with the changing political landscape
in Washington, Banks says that homeland
security will continue to be one of the
highest priorities of our nation’s lawmakers.
She believes that no matter what political
party is in power in any of our branches of
government, our elected officials truly
understand that, as a nation, we have a
responsibility to keep our citizenry safe.
“There will always be a threat to our world.
The changing nature of that threat, cou-
P R O F I L E : R A Y T H E O N ’ S H O M E L A N D S E C U R I T Y T E A M
Rudy Cohen, Director, Combating
Terrorism and Special Operations
Homeland Security
When reading Rudy Cohen’s resume, you
wonder when he had the time to become
a licensed commercial helicopter pilot.
With an impressive background of 26
years of leadership experience in federal
service and multiple joint duty tours at
the strategic and interagency level, Cohen
brings to Raytheon extensive experience in
pled with the complex world that we live
in, means that we must always be prepared
to address things we hadn’t even thought
of before,” said Banks. “I’m often asked to
talk about what I see as the upcoming
trends in this field, and I always respond
that there is no crystal ball for such things.
If you had asked me on September 10,
2001, if I thought that later in the year
there would be a U.S. Transportation
Security Administration, I probably would
have said no. That’s because it was as hard
then as it is now to predict what might
happen — which is why we must continue
to recruit and hire the very best people in
our subject matter areas, and evolve and
lead our customers and our company to
become even more nimble, fast-moving
and innovative to address any possibility
that might come our way.”
Banks has long felt a sense of duty in serving
her nation in this field of work. The
notion of serving a purpose larger than
foreign/national security policy development,
analysis, coordination and integration, as
well as cross-agency collaboration, strategiclevel
crisis/deliberate planning and response
management.
Prior to joining Raytheon a year ago, Cohen
spent a decade focusing on initiatives related
to counterterrorism, international security
cooperation, antiterrorism, homeland
defense, consequence management of
weapons of mass destruction, counter
narcotics and intelligence operations.
“With increased worldwide focus on security
in the Middle East and Southwest Asia in
recent years, I think my background as chief
of staff in the Office for the Near East and
South Asian Affairs in the Department of
Defense (DoD), as well as the director for
Domestic Counterterrorism will be helpful to
the company as it pursues its homeland
security business strategy,” explained Cohen.
In his capacity with DoD, he provided country
and regional expertise on key strategy,
oneself and ultimately to be protective of
others is something that has always been
important to her, whether it is in her everyday
work responsibilities or in her volunteer
work with the National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children.
“Technology and, more specifically,
Raytheon technology plays such an important
role in security — something we often
take for granted until that safety is threatened
in some way,” said Banks. “Whatever
impact my team and I can have that leverages
this company’s amazing technology
and services to make a positive difference
in this world — whether to help protect a
nation under threat or a family whose child
has gone missing — is what motivates me.”
Ultimately, she and her team believe there
is no company better positioned than
Raytheon to deliver on the promise to help
customers do their jobs most effectively
and keep America safe. •
planning, programming, budgeting and
policy matters related to Iran, Iraq,
Afghanistan and the Middle East. Cohen
also ensured security cooperation issues
were coordinated and resolved among
affected departments, commands, other
federal agencies and foreign governments.
“In addition to my international policy
experience, I also have a background in crisis
management and planning, which I
hope will be valuable to the team here at
Raytheon,” Cohen said. “I was the team
leader in the DoD crisis center during several
major international incidents, including
the September 11th terrorist attacks and
the USS Cole bombing.”
Cohen also was the sole DoD representative
on the Congressionally mandated National
Commission on Terrorism, and the lead
DoD representative for numerous national
special security events such as the
presidential inauguration, NATO 50th
Summit, millennium activities, and the
Sydney and Salt Lake City Olympics.
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