Goings was a platoon leader out of boot camp, and was honorably discharged from the Navy at the rank of petty officer.

At the time fire alarms were not common and smoke detectors hadn't been introduced yet in US homes.

[6] One of his first actions was to turn the company's attentions to the overseas market, in order to compensate for the increasing difficulty of direct-sales models in the United States.

The two markets Goings focused on most were Latin America and Asia, where "Tupperware home party social-networking" proved to be popular in a way that it once was in the United States during the 1960s.

[12] Goings was an inaugural corporate Impact 10x10x10 Champion for UN Women's HeForShe initiative [13] and a founding member of the organization's Private Sector Leadership Advisory Council.

[14] In 2010, Goings was recognized with the Knight of the Legion of Honour award by Nicolas Sarkozy for his dedication to the role of women and children in developing countries.