Branford is a graduate of the USAF Academy earning a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. He has a master’s in history from the University of Alabama, a master’s in engineering administration from George Washington University, and a PhD in applied management and decision sciences from Walden University.
He enjoyed careers in the military and private sector spanning over 45 years, with technical experience as a pilot, instructor pilot, operational test pilot, test engineer, and operations research analyst. He’s had leadership experience as a military commander at various levels, and in the private sector as an engineering department director and test director. He has been a strategic planning consultant for private-sector and not-for-profit organizations.
Branford is a subject matter expert in leadership, organizational change, strategic vision, and quantitative analysis. He has extensive experience in modeling & simulation, design of experiments, inferential statistics, mathematical model-building, and operations research analysis.
He is the author of multiple publications on a wide variety of subjects ranging from military operations to sports to modeling to statistical analysis. But, he is most passionate about mentoring graduate students, especially those in the midst of their thesis or dissertation journeys. He has mentored all aspects of writing including content, expression, grammar, and APA. He has enjoyed success and derived his greatest satisfaction from seeing students conquer the challenges, succeed, and earn their advanced degrees.