Raytheon names Randa G. Newsome VP HR

Raytheon Company announced today the appointment of Randa G. Newsome, age 49, to vice president Human Resources and Global Security, effective January 1, 2015.

Newsome has 20 years of experience in human resources, organizational performance management and security operations. She joined the company in 2001 and was most recently vice president for Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business, overseeing all human resources and security operations for a global workforce of over 14,000.

Prior to her role at IDS, Newsome was vice president of Human Resources and Security for the former Raytheon Technical Services Company beginning in 2009, where she set human resource and security strategy for the $3.2 billion government services business to ensure support for the globally-deployed workforce. Newsome was also director of Organization Performance and Talent Management for Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, responsible for organizational effectiveness, talent management, talent acquisition, learning, compliance, and mergers and acquisitions.

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