Part of my role as Ms Wheelchair Massachusetts is to speak to the business community about the accomplishments and abilities of people who use wheelchairs. I will have an opportunity to do this at Raytheon on Wednesday, October 10, 2007.
Raytheon is an 80+ year-old, native Massachusetts company that values diversity and honors persons with disabilities in October, during National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
My audience will include any Raytheon employee who wishes to attend, but specifically the members of the Raytheon Women's Network (RWN) and members of the Raytheon Persons with Disabilities Association (RPDA) who work at the Andover Raytheon site. There may also be some senior leaders present.
I will spend 30-40 minutes sharing my story and then do Q&A for another 15-20 minutes or so. I'm really looking forward to my first corporate speaking engaement to support the recruitment, hiring, and retention of people with disabilities.
Learn more about Raytheon...
Raytheon: A History of Global Technology Leadership
Two former college roommates Laurence K. Marshall and Vannevar Bush, along with scientist Charles G. Smith, founded Raytheon Company in Cambridge, Mass., as the American Appliance Company in 1922.
Throughout its more than 80-year history, Raytheon Company has been a leader in developing defense technologies and in converting those technologies for use in commercial markets. From its early days as a maker of radio tubes, its adaptation of World War II radar technology to invent microwave cooking, and its development of the first guided missile, Raytheon has successfully built upon its pioneering tradition to become a global technology leader.
