A 1968 alumnus of URI, O’Connell served as a senior manager for Raytheon Co.’s intelligence and information systems division and was a task force member of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. He has had military assignments in 33 countries and served for three years at the CIA as deputy for command support.
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