John C Rood

Mr. Rood most recently served as the Senior Vice President for Lockheed Martin International, where his responsibilities included developing and executing strategies to grow Lockheed Martin’s international business, managing marketing and government relations activities, and overseeing offset and industrial cooperation activities. Mr. Rood’s previous industry experience was at the Raytheon Company where he served as Vice President of U.S. Business Development. Mr. Rood served for more than 20 years in Federal Government positions, including Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, and Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation. He also served at the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director of Counterproliferation and Director of Proliferation Strategy for Counterproliferation in Homeland Defense. Mr. Rood served at the Defense Department as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Forces Policy, and at the Central Intelligence Agency as an analyst following missile programs in foreign countries. In addition, Mr. Rood has also served as senior policy advisor to U.S. Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona.