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10 RTX operations leaders
These ten people hold or have held operations roles at RTX, from director of operations to senior vice president of operations and supply chain, across manufacturing sites, planning and operations excellence. A reader can learn how operations leaders build and run their teams at RTX.
Professionals to explore
01—10Adam Gravseth
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · RTX
Director of Operations at RTX since May 2024, in Hartford County, Connecticut; the profile describes the role as the responsible point of contact for all Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality and EH&S throughout the product lifecycle. Adam Gravseth was also Associate Director, Aftermarket Spares & Distribution Centers at RTX (2013–2024).
Christina Ostergard
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director Operations & Supply Chain Excellence · Raytheon Technologies
Executive Director Operations & Supply Chain Excellence at Raytheon Technologies since July 2023; the profile says the role optimizes factories using Lean Transformation philosophy and the Raytheon CORE operation system. Christina Ostergard was also Senior Director, Operations Modernization at Collins Aerospace (2020–2023) and Senior Director, Operations Quality at UTC Aerospace Systems (2014–2016).
D'Ann Stein
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · RTX
Director of Operations at RTX since August 2026 and Integrated Business Planning Director at RTX since October 2024, based in Tucson, Arizona. D'Ann Stein was also Operations & Supply Chain Director at RTX (2023–2025) and Operations Engineering Department Manager at RTX (2019–2023).
Jessica Caron
LinkedInExperience: RTX Corporate Director, I4.0 & Ops Excellence · Raytheon Technologies
RTX Corporate Director, I4.0 & Ops Excellence at Raytheon Technologies since October 2023, based in Connecticut according to the profile. Jessica Caron was also Associate Director, oneRTX Strategy & Transformation at Raytheon Technologies (2020–2023) and Sr. Manager, Boeing 787 Aftermarket Program Management at Collins Aerospace (2018–2020).
Kyle Chang
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations, Raytheon McKinney Consolidated Manufacturing Center · Raytheon Technologies
Director of Operations, Raytheon McKinney Consolidated Manufacturing Center at Raytheon Technologies since May 2026, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The profile also lists Kyle Chang as General Manager & Associate Director of Operations at Raytheon Technologies since 2022 and Program Manager at Raytheon (2009–2022).
Larry Morris
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Operations - Planning & Production Control · RTX
Former Director Of Operations - Planning & Production Control at RTX (2020–2022), and Sr. Director, ERP Transformation, Plan to Deliver at RTX since February 2024. Larry Morris was also Sr. Director, Planning and Execution at RTX (2022–2024) and General Manager - EO Innovations at Raytheon (2019–2020).
Paolo Dal Cin
LinkedInExperience: SVP Operations and Supply Chain · RTX
SVP Operations and Supply Chain at RTX since April 2020, based in Waltham, Massachusetts according to the profile. The profile also lists Paolo Dal Cin as SVP Operations and Quality at Collins Aerospace and VP Operations and Supply Chain at UTC Aerospace Systems, and as Vice President Operations at Hamilton Sundstrand (2011–2012).
Shaun Gehring
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · RTX
Director of Operations at RTX since June 2023, in El Segundo, California according to the profile, which describes the role as Director of Operations and General Manager of the Consolidated Manufacturing Centers in Forest, Mississippi, and El Segundo and Goleta, California.
Steve Smith
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Operations and Supply Chain · RTX
Vice President of Operations and Supply Chain at RTX since August 2022. At Raytheon Steve Smith was also Executive Director Of Operations (2020–2022), Operations Director (2018–2020) and Director Planning and Production Control (2015–2017); the profile summary describes, as an Operations Director at Raytheon, a focus on aligning manufacturing and execution capabilities to customer needs.
Suzanne Maddux
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Operations and Site Executive · RTX
Former Sr. Director of Operations and Site Executive at RTX (April 2020 to April 2023), described in the profile as general manager of operations with over 800 employees across North Texas, responsible for cost, quality, technical and schedule performance over 120 programs. Suzanne Maddux has been Senior Vice President Operations at BWXT since August 2026.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person to the level behind your question, since a site or factory operations director sees daily execution while corporate operations and excellence leaders see standards set across many plants. Check each person's dates before asking how RTX runs operations today, since some of these roles have ended.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does RTX plan and protect production schedules when a defense program ramps up quickly?
- 02What operations metrics do RTX site leaders watch most closely, and how do they respond when a program falls behind?
- 03How does a company-wide lean operating system get rolled out across very different factories?
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