Lee A. Silvestre is vice president of Mission Innovation for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS). Her team is chartered with exploring new growth opportunities for Raytheon in adjacent markets by utilizing current technologies and capabilities that are applied and integrated in ways that uniquely address pressing needs of today. With an eye to identifying the possibilities, Mission Innovation focuses on early concept development, exploratory capabilities and solution design that will provide IDS with an entrée into new business areas.
Silvestre’s technical education and business experience provide her with a foundation for standing up and leading performing teams focused on creating cutting-edge capabilities and solutions that enable business growth and customer value.
Her Mission Innovation team works on solutions that leverage Raytheon’s core competencies — including sensor technologies, experimentation, and system design capabilities — to address issues involving energy, environment, agriculture, health, homeland protection and threats, and limited global resources.
Silvestre has a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from the University of Rhode Island and a master’s degree in operations research/ industrial engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.