Sue C. Payton
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| Born | September 29, 1950 (age 73) |
| Occupation | American government official |
Sue C. Payton (born September 29, 1950) was United States Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) from 2006 to 2010. She was born in Champaign, Illinois.[1]
Biography
Sue C. Payton was educated at Eastern Illinois University, receiving a BS in education in 1972.[2] She later returned to school at the University of Southern California and earned an M.S. in systems acquisition management and systems technology in 1985.[2]
In 1989, Payton joined Martin Marietta in Reston, Virginia as Senior Site Systems Integration Manager.[2] She worked there until 1994, when she moved to Lockheed Martin (also in Reston), as Manager of Advanced Technology in the Office of the Vice President (Business Development).[2] She left Lockheed Martin in 1998.[2] She then completed the Executive Program of the Goizueta Business School later in 1998.[2]
In 1999, Payton became Director of the National Center for Applied Technology in Springfield, Virginia.[2] She joined ImageLinks, Inc. (later acquired by the Harris Corporation) as Vice President (Applied Technology) in 2000.[2]
Payton joined the United States Department of Defense in Washington, D.C. in 2001, when she was named Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts.[2] On April 25, 2006, President of the United States George W. Bush nominated Payton to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition).[2] She subsequently held this office for the rest of the Bush administration.
References
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| Preceded by | Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) 2006 – April 2009 |
Succeeded by David M. Van Buren (acting) |
