With 35 years of service to Navy Programs, Ms. Branthoover became the NAVAIR Phase III Team Lead in April 2020 heading a SYSCOM unique service to guide government technical personnel and small businesses through the Phase III process. With over $300M in contracts processed annually, the program continues to grow each year.
In early 2011, Ms. Branthoover became a civilian Program & Management Analyst in support of the NAVAIR Chief Technology Officer assisting the APEOs for S&T in managing their SBIR/STTR portfolios and subsequently became the Topic Generation Lead for the NAVAIR SBIR/STTR program.
In 2005, Ms. Branthoover joined the NAVAIR SBIR/STTR Program as a contractor supporting almost all aspects of the program from Phase I through Phase III gaining extensive program and process experience.
Ms. Branthoover came to the SBIR program with a wide variety of experience garnered over previous years in support of the Navy, both NAVAIR and NAVSEA to include support for the NAVAIR Unmanned Systems Research and Development Lab, and the NAVSEA Towed Array and TRIDENT Submarine programs.