James Denford

Dr Denford joined the Department in 2008 as a military faculty member and then again in 2012 as a civilian after a 24 year career in Army Signals, which included both the leadership of two defence research labs (the Army Experimentation Centre and the Electromagnetic Battlespace Lab) and the command of a communications and electronics training squadron (3 Sqn CFSCE). Dr Denford holds a B.Eng (Engineering Management) (1992) and an MBA (2002) from RMC and a PhD in Management (2009) from Queen's University.

Dr Denford's teaching focuses on information technology at the UG and PG level and in English and in French. Dr Denford's research specializes in the areas of information technology and knowledge strategy, governance, leadership and innovation with a particular focus on the public sector. Dr Denford is currently the Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities, and previously the Head of Management and Director of Research Administration at RMC. He is actively involved in the academic community through the Association of Information Systems, where he is the Immediate Past President of the College of Academic Leadership and former Past President of the Special Interest Group in Information Systems Leadership.