Thomas A. Kennedy (born 1955) is an American business executive. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of the

Raytheon Company The Raytheon Company was a major U.S. defense contractor and industrial corporation with manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft unti ...

from March 2014 to April 2020.

Education

Kennedy has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

and a MS degree from

Air Force Institute of Technology The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) is a graduate school and provider of professional and continuing education for the United States Armed Forces and is part of the United States Air Force. It is in Ohio at Wright-Patterson Air For ...

. Kennedy has a doctorate degree in Engineering from

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...

Career

In 1983, Kennedy joined

Raytheon Corporation The Raytheon Company was a major U.S. defense contractor and industrial corporation with manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft unti ...

in the area of radar development. Since April 2013, Kennedy has served as executive VP and COO of Raytheon.(Jan. 15, 2014) In March 2014, at age 58, Kennedy became the CEO of Raytheon, succeeding

William H. Swanson William H. Swanson (born 1949) is an American businessman, engineer and car collector who is the former chairman and CEO of Raytheon Company (2004 -2014). Education A native of California, Swanson graduated magna cum laude from California Polyte ...

. Kennedy was elected to the board of directors in January 2014. In April 2020, Raytheon Company completed their merger with

United Technologies Corporation United Technologies Corporation (UTC) was an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut. It researched, developed, and manufactured products in numerous areas, including aircraft engines, aerospace systems ...

(UTC) to form

Raytheon Technologies Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an American multinational aerospace and defense conglomerate headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. It is one of the largest aerospace and defense manufacturers in the world by revenue and market capitaliza ...

. UTC CEO Gregory J. Hayes was named CEO of the combined company, and Kennedy was named Executive Chairman.

References

External links

Profile of Thomas Kennedy at Bloomberg.com

Biography of Thomas A. Kennedy, Ph.D. at Raytheon.com (pdf format)
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