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David Cranford

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  David Cranford, Ph.D., is the CEO and Business Architect of Acumen Behavioral Consulting.  Dr. Cranford received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999.   Over the past 20 years he has provided services to mental health and addiction research agencies, psychiatric rehabilitation centers, public school systems, private practices, and for profit corporations.   Dr. Cranford has been able to successfully bridge his expert psychological background to the business field.  Through his administrative and leadership positions, he has acquired an in depth knowledge of project management methodologies and business analysis skills which have assisted organizations with cutting costs and increasing revenues while continuing to provide high quality services.   He is particularly adept at delivering complex, large-scale projects on time and within budget.  Dr. Cranford has successful experience in program development, strategic management, and continuous improvement processes.     Technology is only as good as the people who use it.  As a business architect and analyst, Dr. Cranford utilizes well developed clinical psychological skills to understand human behavior and organizational dynamics associated with the practical applications of information technology.  He exhibits strong interpersonal, communication, writing, and psychological skills, adept at diplomatically facilitating discussions and negotiations with clients.  He has superb analytical and problem solving skills. Dr. Cranford is efficient at cutting right to the core of a problem and finding practical solutions using a team approach.    In the performance of business analyst related activities, Dr. Cranford has accomplished several goals for multiple organizations.  Using strong negotiation and problem solving skills, budgeting, and strategic planning, Acumen has maintained an average annual growth rate of 46% since FY 2005.  Dr. Cranford initiated and completed a student risk factor assessment project for a client to obtain over 1 million in federal grant funding for SY 2013-14.  He used strategic research and analysis and subsequently developed therapeutic programs for youth with severe emotional and behavioral disabilities and successfully obtained grant funding to support the program and organization’s mission.  Further, he constructed evaluation protocols and conducted data analysis to monitor the outcomes of programs.  Dr. Cranford also assists organizations with identifying performance gaps and subsequently acquire expert staffing via recruitment and the procurement process.    Within the clinical psychology field, Dr. Cranford performed or supervised more than 2,000 psychological evaluations, and he qualifies as an expert witness in the fields of clinical psychology and school psychology.  He provides personality type evaluations using the Myers-Briggs indicator, and he delivers leadership coaching to peers and other executives.  He supervises managers, consultants, social workers, licensed professional counselors, psychologists, speech pathologists, and occupational therapists. Dr. Cranford has experience across a wide range of client populations varying in income level and ethnic background.He conducts contracted evaluations for several, local agencies, including schools, child and family services, and the court system. Services are offered at offices located in Washington DC and Ashburn VA.      

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