Background
She was born in Champaign, Illinois.
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Sue Payton
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Sue C. Payton was educated at Eastern Illinois University, receiving a Bachelor of Science in education in 1972. She later returned to school at the University of Southern California and earned an Master of Surgery in systems acquisition management and systems technology in 1985.
Career
In 1989, Payton joined Martin Marietta in Reston, Virginia as Senior Site Systems Integration Manager. 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). She left Lockheed Martin in 1998.
She then completed the Executive Program of the Goizueta Business School later in 1998.
In 1999, Payton became Director of the National Center for Applied Technology in Springfield, Virginia. She joined ImageLinks, Incorporated.
(later acquired by the Harris Corporation) as Vice President (Applied Technology) in 2000. Payton joined the United States Department of Defense in Washington, District of Columbia in 2001, when she was named Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts.
On April 25, 2006, President of the United States George West. Bush nominated Payton to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition).
She subsequently held this office for the rest of the Bush administration.
