Diversity reboot

SPEAKER
Tamiko T. Pickering
Tamiko T. Pickering
Summit Speaker

ISRS Security Business Partner, Raytheon Technologies

Tamiko T. Pickering is Associate Director, Industrial Security serving as Product Line Business Partner (PLBP) for the Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems (ISRS) product line.

As a PLBP, Tamiko supports the Front End of the Business by ensuring that security capabilities and requirements are integrated as early as possible into all classified, Foreign Military Sales, and Direct Commercial Sales contract activities. Tamiko works directly with Product Area Directors, Chief Engineers, and Digital Technology to ensure that ISRS programs are security compliant to meet or exceed customer expectations.

Tamiko joined Raytheon Network Centric Systems (NCS) in November 2010. Raytheon Network Centric Systems was consolidated into Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) in April 2013. Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems merged with Raytheon Information, Intelligence, and Services (IIS) to form Raytheon Intelligence & Space in April 2020.

Before her current role, Tamiko was Manager III, Industrial Security serving as the SAS Eastern Region Security Manager supporting Raytheon SAS locations in North Texas, Largo/St. Petersburg, FL; Warner-Robins, GA; Aberdeen, MD; Forest, MS; and Fort Wayne, IN. Prior to joining Raytheon, Tamiko was the FSO for Booz Allen Hamilton located in Colorado Springs, CO, and has also held positions with ManTech International and Honeywell Corporation.

Tamiko was recognized as a 2018 SAS Technical Honors recipient by her peers for her technical skill, leadership, and contribution to enterprise success. Tamiko served two terms as the Chapter Secretary for the Greater Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of The Society of Industrial Security Professionals (NCMS). She has been a member of NCMS since 2006 and is a certified Industrial Security Professional having obtained ISP® certification through NCMS.

Tamiko holds a master's degree in business administration and a master's degree in management from Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, CO, and a bachelor's degree in computer networking from Regis University, Colorado Springs, CO.