brandon ellis
director of operations and aerospace bd

Brandon is a Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sergeant (retired) with over 27 years of all-encompassing experience in aircraft maintenance. During his time in uniform, he held a myriad of maintenance roles that spanned from Basic Helicopter Mechanic to Aviation Maintenance Chief and deployed multiple times in direct support of global operations.  Brandon has experience with multiple aircraft platforms including Organizational, Intermediate, and Depot level maintenance and modifications on CH-46E, C/MH-53E, CH-53K, UH-1N/Y, AH-1W/Z, V-22, C130, F/A-18 and AV8 aircraft. Brandon joined the ACET team in February 2020 as an Operations Manager and currently works as the Director of Operations and Business Development.

Brandon is a graduate of numerous Military Leadership schools and Maintenance courses and has obtained qualifications as Plane Captain, Collateral Duty Inspector, Collateral Duty Quality Assurance Representative, Multisystem Quality Assurance Representative, Maintenance Controller and Safe for Flight certified. Brandon was a Door Gunner and Crew Chief for 14 of his 27 years in uniform and amassed over 2500 flight hours while holding many designations and qualifications in flight operations.