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Raytheon Names James C. Mandracchia to Lead RTSC Integrated Supply Chain

June 11, 2004

RESTON, Va. -- Raytheon Company has named James C. Mandracchia vice president, integrated supply chain for its Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC) business.

    Mandracchia is responsible for RTSC's strategic partnerships, subcontracting, teaming, purchasing and property organizations, which acquire more than $600 million annually in materials and services and oversee more
than $1 billion of government property.  He provides strategic sourcing leadership and guidance and direction for RTSC's supplier diversity program.

Mandracchia will also be a member of Raytheon's Enterprise Supply Chain Council and will help architect Raytheon's Integrated Supply Chain implementation.

    Prior to this appointment, Mandracchia was director, information technology (IT) strategy and planning for RTSC, and a member of the Raytheon IT Strategy Council.

    "Jim brings an entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thought leadership to RTSC," said Bryan J. Even, a vice president of Raytheon Company and president of RTSC.  "His broad leadership experience in technology development, business management and strategic initiatives will be invaluable in helping us to integrate our supply chain management expertise with our logistics, supply chain and engineering core competencies-and those of our suppliers and partners-to provide efficient predictable performance, optimized for our customers.  Our goal is to make the vision of Integrated Supply Chain real."

    Prior to joining Raytheon in 2003, Mandracchia was senior vice president of business development and strategy and a founder of Exostar LLC.  He led Lockheed Martin Corporation's corporate e-Business strategy and development and was the chief engineer of Lockheed Integrated Solutions Company.  He also served in a variety of positions during his 10 years at SAIC, including vice president and division manager, program manager, director of business development and lead systems engineer.

    Mandracchia has more than 27 years of experience in the aerospace and defense industry.  He holds a bachelor's of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida.

    Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC provides technology solutions for defense, federal and commercial customers worldwide.  It specializes in customized engineering services; logistics and supply chain management;
training; and science, research and technology.

    Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2003 sales of $18.1 billion, is an industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft.
With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 78,000 people worldwide.

Source: PR Newswire

 

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