Dr. Chuck Bamford is a Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship at the McColl School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte. He earned his AS degree at Northern Virginia Community College, a BS degree at the University of Virginia, 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 (Mergers & Acquisitions, Dispositions, and Small Business Consulting) for Dominion Bankshares Corporation (now Wells Fargo). 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 among others.

Chuck has taught courses in Strategy 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 he held positions as an Associate Professor at Texas Christian University and at the University of Richmond. He has taught Executive MBA courses at The University of Notre Dame, Texas Christian University,Tulane University, and at Queens Universityof Charlotte.

Dr. Bamford is an active consultant whose clients have included numerous small business start-ups, as well as large regional and international businesses.

Chuck has won 15 individual teaching excellence awards during his career, including seven Executive MBA Teacher of the Year awards. He is also a National Noble Foundation Fellow in Teaching Excellence.