COL Brandon S. Thompson

COL Brandon Thompson is an associate professor and Engineering Management program director in the Department of Systems Engineering (DSE) at the United States Military Academy (USMA)

He earned a bachelor’s degree in systems engineering from USMA in 2001. COL Thompson also received a master’s degree in health systems engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2010, a master’s degree in industrial and systems engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2018, and a doctoral degree in industrial and systems engineering with a concentration in human factors at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2020.

COL Thompson is a licensed professional engineer in industrial engineering in the state of New York. His research areas of interest include health systems and human factors engineering.

COL Thompson commissioned as a military intelligence officer and served as an infantry battalion assistant intelligence officer, MI platoon leader, and brigade assistant intelligence officer in the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Following the Military Intelligence Captains Career Course, he served as a cavalry squadron intelligence officer and military intelligence company commander in the 4-25th Airborne Brigade Combat Team at Fort Richardson, Alaska, and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

COL Thompson previously taught in DPE from 2010 to 2013. While teaching, he transferred into the FA49 Operations Research Systems Analysis functional area. After West Point, COL Thompson served on the U.S. Army G-1 staff as an analyst conducting officer personnel strength forecasting and modeling.