COL (RET) Alan D. Landry

Alan Landry is a dynamic leader with over 40 years of experience in both the public and private sectors. Currently, Alan is the owner and founder of ALtuitive Holdings, LLC, an independent consulting company focusing on leadership, strategy and mentorship. He retired from Raytheon Missile Systems in 2012, after serving as Director of Business Development for over 4 ½ years. During his 10 years with Raytheon, Alan served in a variety of leadership positions to include 2 ½ years as Director of Strategy for Raytheon Missile Systems. While at Raytheon, Alan proved himself to be an expert leader, strategist, and diversity/inclusion advocate. He created a mentor organization for over 50 emerging leaders and sustained the organization for over 5 years. Alan was awarded the Raytheon Excellence in Mentorship Award for 2012, an award limited to 30 recipients across the 70,000-employee base. Alan also served as a Diversity and Inclusion “Game Changer” for over 5 years, a leadership position within the company to create positive change in this critical area. Alan supported numerous Raytheon audiences with presentations on leadership, mentorship, strategy, and diversity/inclusion. He has a unique ability to personalize these critically important topics and connect to very diverse groups and organizations in ways that challenge them, motivate them and inspire them to be better as teams, as leaders and as followers. Before joining Raytheon, Alan served in the U.S. Army where he retired as a Colonel in 2002. Over his 26 year career, he served in a variety of command and staff positions in the US, Germany, Korea, Kosovo and Saudi Arabia, to include command of 2-43 ADA (PATRIOT) Battalion, XVIIIth Airborne Corps. Alan is a veteran of Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and NATO Peace Support Operations in Kosovo, which profoundly influenced his views on diversity/inclusion and ethnic strife. During his career, Alan was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, and 6 awards of the Meritorious Service Medal. Alan earned a BS from the United States Military Academy at West Point, was awarded two Master of Military Arts and Sciences degrees, and he is a 1997 graduate of the US Army War College. Alan has been married to the former Paula Anne Williams from Suffern, N.Y., for 40 years. They are the proud parents of daughters Emily (Medley) and Sarah (Reames), sons Britton and John, both US Army officers, and grandparents to 10 wonderful grandchildren