Brandon Williams
Presenter
Brandon Williams is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, seasoned Airline Captain, Air Force Instructor Pilot, and former U.S. Air Force F-15E Fighter Pilot, Lieutenant Colonel, and Aviation Safety Officer. In addition to traveling around the country speaking to flight schools and other high reliability teams, he teaches at several aviation universities as an aviation safety and human factors professor, and also serves as a Line Check Pilot at a major U.S. airline, where he evaluates, mentors, and standardizes pilot performance in high-consequence operating environments. With over two decades of experience training, evaluating, and leading aviators across military, airline, and academic aviation, Brandon brings a unique blend of aviation science, human factors, and real-world instructional leadership. His work bridges operational reality with research-backed human performance principles to help instructors move beyond rote task completion and toward professional-grade instruction. As a human factors and aviation safety expert, Brandon equips instructors and leaders with practical tools to reduce human error, improve decision-making, and reinforce accountability through clear intent, disciplined briefing and debriefing, and ownership without blame—building safer, more consistent, high-reliability training environments.