CONFERENCE
BASICS
June 4-5, 2008
Mayflower Hotel
Washington, DC

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Speaker Biography
Larry Harrington
Vice President Internal Audit
Raytheon

SESSIONS
At 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, June 5, Harrington will lead a small-group conversation in which internal audit executives will discuss how they can better work with their organizations business units (limited to 24 internal audit executives).

Then at 3:15 p.m., Harrington will lead a session on anti-fraud programs, at which he discusses how companies can establish effective anti-fraud programs in the post-SOX environment. Contributing scenarios and materials utilized at the $20 billion government contractor, Harrington will explore how the internal audit function at Raytheon redefined itself, spending time working with businesses to prevent and detect fraud and creating positive change throughout the enterprise.

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Larry Harrington 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.