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Former Lockheed Martin CTO Elected To Assured Enterprises Inc. Board Of Directors

Monday, October 19th, 2015

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Former Lockheed Martin CTO Elected To Assured Enterprises Inc. Board Of Directors

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Assured Enterprises Inc. elected Ray Johnson, former Lockheed Martin [LMT] Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to the company’s board of directors, the company said Monday.Johnson recently served as senior vice president and CTO at Lockheed Martin. Earlier Johnson was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Modern Technology Solutions Inc. and previously held several executive positions within Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] including senior vice president and general manager of the advanced concepts business unit for over nine years.Johnson was appointed to…

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