Taylor W. Lawrence Ph.D. — Vice President and President of the Missiles Systems Business Unit at Raytheon Technologies

Dr. Taylor W. Lawrence, Ph.D., has been the President of Raytheon Missile Systems Company (The Missiles Systems Business Unit) since July 1, 2008. Dr. Lawrence has been a Vice President of Raytheon Company since July 2008. He served as a Vice President of Engineering Technology and Mission Assurance of Raytheon Company from April 10, 2006 to July 1, 2008. He served as Sector Vice President and General Manager of C4ISR Systems Division of Northrop Grumman Corp. since February 2005. Dr. Lawrence is responsible for Raytheon's vision and leadership in these strategic areas, which include over 40,000 engineers working on more than 8,000 programs. He served as Sector Vice President and General Manager of C4ISR & Space Sensors Division for Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems. He joined Northrop Grumman in March 1999 as Vice President of Products and Technology for its Systems Development & Technology Division and was promoted to sector vice president and general manager of that division in August 2001. Dr. Lawrence was named to his most recent position as sector vice president and general manager for the Electronic Systems Division in December 2004. He served as the staff director for the Select Committee on Intelligence for the U.S. Senate and as Deputy Director of Information Systems Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. He was engaged in various research activities at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and NASA's Office of Exploration. He serves as a Director of the Air Force Studies Board of the National Academies, is an Advisor to the Defense Science Board and Defense Policy Board and is a lifetime member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Dr. Lawrence has also held a variety of scientific and research leadership positions, including director of advanced technology for the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office, deputy program leader, Advanced Imaging, Imaging & Detection Program of the Lasers Directorate at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, senior staff scientist of the Research & Development Division of Trex Enterprises and research assistant and undergraduate research fellow in the Department of Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He served as Member of Advisory Board at United States Department Of Defense. Dr. Lawrence holds a bachelor's of science degree in physics from the California Institute of Technology, a Master's of Science in applied physics from Stanford University and earned his Ph.D. in applied physics from Stanford University in 1992. In 1996, Dr. Lawrence was honored with the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service.