Michael Bracy

Michael Bracy, PhD, is a Senior Social Scientist and USCENTCOM Innovation Chief at Peraton, bringing over a decade of experience in research and data analysis for high-profile clients such as the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and NATO. They have previously served as an Associate Professor at Oklahoma State University and held roles with the Department of Defense and Northrop Grumman, where they led teams and managed significant budgets. Their current responsibilities include designing qualitative and quantitative analysis for U.S. CENTCOM and mentoring junior analysts across global teams. Michael is proficient in SPSS and has language fluencies in Arabic and German, alongside an intermediate skill level in R and Python.