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Bradford Sims
President
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Professional Bio
Dr. Bradford L. Sims became Capitol Technology University's eighth president on June 1, 2017. An educator, administrator and construction project manager, Dr. Sims has extensive experience both in academia and industry.
Prior to his appointment as Capitol's president, Dr. Sims was Interim Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide campus, based in Daytona Beach, FL. In his role as Chancellor, Dr. Sims had responsibility for administrative and fiscal oversight of a complex, global academic institution encompassing 130 locations worldwide and serving 22,000 students annually.
Before moving to Embry-Riddle, Dr. Sims was dean and professor at Indiana State University. As dean of the College of Technology, he was responsible for oversight of degree programs, human and fiscal resources, strategic planning, external funding and faculty programs.
From 2002 through 2009, Dr. Sims was professor and department head at Western Carolina University, where he founded the construction management program. Dr. Sims first launched his academic career as an assistant professor at the University of Florida, serving also as a consultant in lean construction to industry.
Prior to transitioning to academia, Dr. Sims built a successful career in the industrial construction industry, He was a project controls supervisor for Cherne Contracting in California, a cost engineer for Badger Engineers, a subsidiary of Raytheon Engineering, in Massachusetts and started his career as a project controls engineer with the Westinghouse Savannah River Corporation in South Carolina.
Prior to his appointment as Capitol's president, Dr. Sims was Interim Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide campus, based in Daytona Beach, FL. In his role as Chancellor, Dr. Sims had responsibility for administrative and fiscal oversight of a complex, global academic institution encompassing 130 locations worldwide and serving 22,000 students annually.
Before moving to Embry-Riddle, Dr. Sims was dean and professor at Indiana State University. As dean of the College of Technology, he was responsible for oversight of degree programs, human and fiscal resources, strategic planning, external funding and faculty programs.
From 2002 through 2009, Dr. Sims was professor and department head at Western Carolina University, where he founded the construction management program. Dr. Sims first launched his academic career as an assistant professor at the University of Florida, serving also as a consultant in lean construction to industry.
Prior to transitioning to academia, Dr. Sims built a successful career in the industrial construction industry, He was a project controls supervisor for Cherne Contracting in California, a cost engineer for Badger Engineers, a subsidiary of Raytheon Engineering, in Massachusetts and started his career as a project controls engineer with the Westinghouse Savannah River Corporation in South Carolina.
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