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Fall is a time of change. The air gets cooler, the leaves change color, we get back into our busy routines and we resume our quest for knowledge. Raytheon’s fall technology symposia provided a valuable forum for sharing key emerging and developing technologies through informative presentations, as well as the chance to exchange ideas and share knowledge with peers. The seventh annual Processing Systems Technology Network (PSTN) symposium, held in late September at the historic Manning House in Tucson, Ariz., was a huge success. Over 300 people attended the three-day event themed “Processing – The Transformational Technology.” The event featured eight tracks with over 100 presentations. Several keynote speakers, including engineering and technology vice presidents, technical area directors and business partners, shared their ideas about the future of processing technology and how Raytheon can be successful in a rapidly changing environment. “Cognitive computing and model-driven architecture are key technologies to Raytheon’s success in this highly competitive market,” said Mike Vahey, PSTN chairman. Employees from throughout Raytheon’s businesses and technical communities attended sessions that ranged from processing and software architecture and 26 2005 ISSUE 1 signal processing to model-driven development and intelligent systems and cognitive computing. One of the days concluded with a banquet held beneath vintage aircraft at the Pima Air and Space Museum, where Colonel Tod Wolters, Wing Commander, Laughlin Air Force Base, shared his experiences in Iraq over the past year. One of the best parts of the symposium for many attendees was the chance to network and share knowledge with peers from around the company. Bruce Kinney, PSTN facilitator, said, “Through networking, I can broaden my exposure to new ideas, as well as collaborate with people doing similar work and reduce duplication. Both of these contribute to being a technology and customer focused company.” The fourth annual Mechanical and Materials Technology Network (MMTN) symposium was held at the Renaissance Hotel in Richardson, Texas, on October 19–21, 2004. This year’s event, themed “Performance, Relationships and Solutions,” focused on technical performance to build strong relationships with internal and external customers and peers, as well as to provide solutions to technical and logistical challenges. The symposium exceeded expectations with nearly 300 in attendance who gained valuable knowledge from more than 175 presentations in three parallel tracks. Keynote addresses were given by Lynn Dugle, vice president of Network Centric Systems Engineering; Janne Ackerman, director for the Precision Strike and Airborne Surveillance Engineering Center; and Peter Pao, vice president of Corporate Technology, who spoke on “Investing in Raytheon's Technology.” Additionally, Tony Rafanelli, MMTN technical area director, spoke about devising strategies for the technologies of materials and structures. Attendees participated in a variety of sessions ranging from electronic packaging and interconnects to composite structures and adhesives over the course of three days. Guests enjoyed a lunchtime address by Jason Smith, a principal software engineer who spent five months supporting the Raytheon First Responder System in Iraq. Smith discussed the experiences, challenges and rewards of working directly with the U.S. military as a civilian during the war
Lynne Dugle, vice president, NCS Engineering; Walter Caughey, MMTN chairman; Peter Pao, vice president of Corporate Technology; Janne Ackerman, director of the Precision Strike and Airborne Surveillance Engineering Center in SAS; and Jeff Schierer, mechanical engineering department manager, PSAS, share ideas at the symposium. effort. The evening banquet featured Jack Bunning, director of marketing and development for The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Bunning enlightened guests with facts about John F. Kennedy’s assassination and highlighted the significance and impact this event had on our nation’s history. The highlight of the symposium, for many, was the chance to network with peers. “It is such a wonderful experience to have many different people from around the company get together and share the technology work their doing. Too often we work in silos; we don’t know what each other is doing and we reinvent the wheel,” said Ron Carsten, chief engineer at Missile Systems in Tucson, Ariz. Nicki Girouard, MMTN facilitator, commented, “This was a major opportunity for engineers to network and expand that network to suppliers, to learn about what each other does, become more intimate with the kinds of things we need from each other and make our whole job more meaningful.” The fourth annual Engineering Process Group (EPG) Workshop was held November 4–5, 2004 at the Don Cesar Beach Resort in St. Petersburg, Fla., and was themed “Catch the Wave.” This year’s workshop began with a warm welcome by Conference Chair Brenda Terry from the NCS-McKinney Program Resource Center. Terry introduced John Evers, the Raytheon Engineering Common Program IPDS and CMMI program manager, who began the workshop with a keynote address about “Evolving to the Future State of IPDS.” Sixty-six employees enjoyed the two-day workshop, co-chaired by Susan Bellucci, senior technical support engineer at NCS- St. Pete. The workshop was divided into two tracks packed with presentations, open discussions, knowledge sharing and networking in all areas relative to process improvement. It also provided the opportunity for Raytheon employees to renew contacts and establish new relationships with people actively engaged in process improvement across Raytheon. This year, not only did attendees “catch the wave” on process improvement, but they also caught some real waves at the beach — and lots of sunshine. Continuing with the Floridian theme, there was a tropical reception held in the evening with a few rounds of “Flamingo Bingo.” The PSTN and MMTN presentations and webcasts are now available online in the Technology Process Library at http://home. ray.com/rayeng/technetworks/tab5/tab5.htm. You can view the EPG agenda or contact Susan Bellucci at susan_r_bellucci@raytheon.com for more details about the EPG workshop. • 2005 ISSUE 1 27
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