Ted Branch, SVP and GM for Navy and Marine Corps Business Group at Perspecta

Ted Branch has been serving as the senior vice president and general manager for the Navy and Marine Corps business group at Perspecta for more than two years. 

In the said role, he directs the IT group to assist the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps under the procurement program known as the Next Generation Enterprise Network contract, the company said. 

Branch, a Potomac Club officer, is also the president of Ted Branch and Company, which provides consulting services in the technological aspects of aviation and aerospace, cybersecurity, nuclear power and defense. 

Before joining Perspecta, he served as vice president for the Navy and Marine Corps in the U.S. Public Sector at DXC Technology. His responsibilities include leading the strategy and sales in the company’s Navy and Marine Corps markets, as well as participating in the organization’s financial planning and budgeting. 

Previously, he was the president of Drone Aviator, a software development company focused on drone-related products and services. 

Branch is a veteran and a naval aviator, spending 37 years of service with the Navy before joining the IT sector. The retired vice admiral was an experienced team leader at several naval group levels, as well as in combat missions and humanitarian programs. 

His last appointment in the Navy was as deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare, overseeing the agency’s $13B in assets and 52,000-strong workforce. 

Branch earned his bachelor’s degree in oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy and a master’s degree in international relations from the Naval War College.