Lawrence J. Harrington is vice president of Internal Audit for Raytheon Company. He was elected to this position in August 2004. Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2006 sales of $20.3 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With headquarters in Waltham,Mass., Raytheon employs
73,000 people worldwide.
Harrington has spent most of his career in finance and internal audit. He has also been vice president of Human Resources and vice president of Health Operations at Aetna Inc. He is a CPA and has been chief audit executive for several global Fortune 500 companies, including Staples, Aetna Inc. and LTV. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and is past president of their Boston Chapter and chairman of their international professional issues committee.
Harrington earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bentley College in Waltham,Mass., and attended Harvard’s Advanced Management Program. He has been a frequent speaker at seminars on auditing, change management, negotiation, and people development and motivation.