Amanda Goodson

Senior Leader, Program Management Excellence (PMX), Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS), Raytheon Company

Amanda H. Goodson is a Senior Leader in Program Management Excellence (PMX) at Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS), where she is responsible to drive strategy for select program activities and deploy an executable and sustainable business model for business growth. 

Before her PMX role, she was leader for Information Technology (IT) Customer Engagement at RMS.  Before that time, Goodson was director for IT Process Integration.

Prior to that role, Goodson was Quality and Mission Assurance (Q&MA) leader for two Product Lines ensuring success of the products and services provided to a diverse set of customers.

Goodson is the past chair for the Advancing Minorities Interest in Engineering and on the board of directors representing Raytheon.  

Before to joining Raytheon in 2003, Goodson was appointed as NASA Senior Executive (SES), for Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) where she led a team of experts in assuring the safety of the space shuttle propulsion elements. She led her team for over 35 space shuttle launches.

Goodson has more than 25 years of experience leading. She is a certified R6s Expert, DISC Trainer, coach, speaker and author. She was named the federal government’s supervisor of the year, received the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, received the Southwest Alliance leadership award and was selected as Tucson Woman on the Move.

Goodson earned a bachelors, masters and a Doctorate degree.