Alumni Spotlight January 2024

Bryan Bradford 2005

DEGREES:
B.S. - Finance and Management

CURRENT EMPLOYER
Source One Business Services

CURRENT OCCUPATION
Accounting

DESCRIBE YOUR CAREER PATH
After graduating in 2005 with a finance and management double major from the Perdue School of Business, I spent a brief stint working in my family’s construction business. After a year, I transitioned into accounting, starting as a staff accountant at Source One. I quickly realized the opportunity that existed in helping businesses and knew I was on the right path. I obtained my CPA designation in 2010 and since then have focused on helping our clients, growing our business and developing others on our team. This past fall, I was made a partner at the firm. The best is yet to come!
Side Note: My firm and I actively recruit Salisbury University accounting and finance majors for internships and full time positions.

MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU LEARNED WHILE ATTENDING SALISBURY UNIVERSITY
People who work the hardest have the best luck. Hard work can overcome almost any obstacle.

WHAT CAMPUS ACTIVITIES/ORGANIZATIONS WERE YOU INVOLVED WITH?
I was a member of the men’s lacrosse team (Team captain, All American, Academic All American) and a Beta Alphi Psi business honors fraternity member.

BEST COLLEGE MEMORY
I have many, but my number one memory is winning a third consecutive national championship [in men’s lacrosse] in 2005. Many of my closest friends today were on that team.

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE SALISBURY UNIVERSITY?
My older sister was an all-conference soccer player for Coach [Jim] Berkman, so I had been on campus several times during high school. When I began my process of selecting a school, I felt Salisbury was the perfect combination of my interests and goals with the Perdue School of Business, the opportunity to continue to play lacrosse in college and my love of the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

IF YOU COULD DESCRIBE SALISBURY UNIVERSITY IN THREE WORDS, WHAT WOULD THEY BE AND WHY?
I only need one: Unforgettable – lifelong friendships and times shared together and an education that prepared me for the real world.

FAVORITE VACATION SPOT AND WHY?
Outer Banks, NC, or being in the woods (preferably on the Eastern Shore of Maryland) – These two places are where I feel like I can get away and unplug.

GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT
Being a father to my two children.

WHAT IS SOMETHING PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU?
My freshman year, I was in the ROTC program at Salisbury. After that year, the program was combined with Delaware State and all ROTC courses would have had to been completed in Dover. Because of lacrosse, I could not participate. Interesting to think what different life experiences that I would have had if I continued to participate in ROTC.

HOBBIES/OTHER INTERESTS
Spending time with my wife and two children! Golf, tennis, hunting, coaching youth sports and agricultural real estate.