Dr. Chuck Bamford is a Professor and the Dennis Thompson Chair of Entrepreneurial Leadership at Queens University of Charlotte. He earned his A.S. degree at Northern Virginia Community College, a B.S. degree at the University of Virginia (McIntire School of Commerce), an MBA at Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in Strategy & Entrepreneurship at the University of Tennessee. During a twelve-year span prior to pursuing his Ph.D. he held positions managing Business Analysis for Dominion Bankshares Corporation (now Wells Fargo Corporation). Other positions during his business career included Director of Corporate Training, Systems Analyst, COBOL programmer, and full time instructor in the early 1980s at Virginia Western Community College.  

His research has been published in the Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Business Strategies, Journal of Technology Transfer, and Journal of Small Business Management. Chuck is the co-author of three textbooks: “Small Business Management: A Framework for Success” (South-Western); Strategic Management: Value Creation, Sustainability, and Performance (South-Western); and a text that is scheduled for release in January 2010 entitled: Entrepreneurship: A Small Business Approach (McGraw-Hill).   

Chuck has taught courses in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at the undergraduate, graduate and executive levels. His teaching experience includes courses taught at Universities in Scotland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Prior to joining Queens University of Charlotte he was an Associate Professor at Texas Christian University and at the University of Richmond. He has taught Executive MBA courses at Texas Christian University, Tulane University, The University of Notre Dame and at Queens University of Charlotte. 

Chuck is the Founder of Bamford Associates, LLC. He has worked with thousands of managers over the past 17 years to improve their ability to generate significant new income for their companies via the development of implementable strategic plans and an entrepreneurial orientation to growth. His clients include: Balfour Beatty Construction; Bright Truck Leasing; BNSF Railroad, Catholic Charities  Diocese of Fort Worth; Coca-Cola Enterprises; Duke Energy, EnPro Industries; Findley-Davies; Fort Worth Symphony; Horizon Lines; Italian Market and Grill; Jubilee Theater; Lena Pope Home;  Lockheed-Martin, Inc.; McColl Partners; Presbyterian Night Shelter; Tactronics; Texas-New Mexico Power Company; United Cities Gas Company and  XFactory, Inc. 

Chuck has won fifteen individual teaching excellence awards during his career, including seven Executive MBA Teacher of the Year Awards. He is a National Noble Foundation Fellow in Teaching Excellence.