About the Presenter:

Monique Branham

Monique Branham is a BBCetc Principal Consultant; she joined the company in July of 2021.  She has 22 years of experience in the DOD.  She joined the United States Air Force in 1999 and has an M.B.A in Aviation from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.  While in the Air Force, she served as a Quality Assurance personnel of government contracts and a Resource Management Officer.  Monique moved to the Air Force Space and Missile System Center (SMC) and became the SBIR/STTR commercialization expert.  Monique’s work was instrumental in finding leveraged funding from government, academic, and private sectors and writing intricate transition management plans led to the successful commercialization of SBIR topics that are currently operating on the International Space Station. Monique garnered leveraged funding for commercialization for over 20 SBIR topics.  Monique has received awards from SMC for Innovation and leadership. Monique has an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force.