Regarding recent news of Raytheon "Director" killed in plane crash, this has shown up in Notables, and continues to pop up as though this deserves attention. Anon believes in scrupulous attention to detail on QR related posts, and wants to provide further context for future digs on news items related to important looking corporate titles. First of all, Jeffrey Lumpkin was not on the Board of Directors for Raytheon. Not saying this was implied by fellow anons, but the Director title may have mislead some here. Secondly, in corporate America, the a Director title is solidly in middle management. Career progression chain goes something like this: Manager then Senior Manager then Associate Director then Director then Senior Director. None of these are generally considered executive positions. The next level up is Managing Director (sometimes called AVP, Associate VP) which is the lowest wrung on the executive ladder. From there, you get into the VP, SVP, EVP, President…then the rarified air of C-suite (CFO, CMO, CIO, CEO). Anon made it all the way up to SVP at a Fortune 100 corp, and knows the landscape well (good money, but it was a living hell BTW). At SVP level, anon wasn't really privy to the inner workings of the corporation…just had a big role in my little sliver of a much bigger pie.
According to LinkedIn, Jeffrey Lumpkin was an Associate Director, and a mid-level engineer. He was in an "Acting Director" role, which means he was in-line for a promotion next cycle. Probably one of thousands at Raytheon. He was just a workaday drone. At anon's former company, Associate Directors worked in cubicles, and didn't get private office space until they reach full Director level, and even then it was small and interior. Jeffrey Lumpkin was essentially a nobody within the upper realms of Raytheon.
This is all old news, but wanted to provide some color commentary so anons don't pursue unproductive digs.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11947197/Raytheon-director-wife-killed-plane-crash-couple-coast-Florida.html