About

Decision science applied to your toughest business problems.

About Ben Grannan, Ph.D.

Ben Grannan is a decision scientist, analytics professor, and applied researcher whose career has been defined by one question: how do organizations make better decisions with the data they already have?

His work spans corporate strategy, healthcare systems, military logistics, and sports operations, with published research demonstrating the power of rigorous analytical methods in high-stakes environments. He brings that same standard of evidence to every client engagement.

As founder of Key Decision Analytics, Ben works directly with client organizations. There are no junior associates and no handoffs. When you work with KDA, you work with Ben.

Education & Faculty
  • Ph.D. in Analytics / Decision Science
  • Active faculty, Professor of Analytics
Research & Publication
  • Published researcher in INFORMS, Springer, and SAGE journals
  • Applied research across business, healthcare, military logistics, and sports analytics
Practice
  • Founder, Key Decision Analytics
  • Founder, Grannan AI Partners

Our approach

Evidence over intuition

Every recommendation we make is grounded in data and validated by methodology, not gut feel or industry convention.

End-to-end engagement

We don't deliver decks and disappear. KDA engagements run from initial assessment through implementation and results measurement.

Built for your context

Generic frameworks don't solve specific problems. We build custom analytical models calibrated to your organization's data, constraints, and objectives.

Research that moves practice forward.

Ben Grannan's applied research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals and applied to real-world operational challenges.

INFORMS
Scheduling the Valley Baseball League
Springer Optimization Letters
Locating and Dispatching MEDEVAC Assets
Health Care Management Science
Resource Allocation in Fixed-Input Health Systems
Journal of Sports Analytics
Scheduling NFL Games to Reduce Strength of Schedule Variability

Two practices. One expert.

Ben leads two complementary consulting practices serving different markets with the same analytical rigor.

Enterprise

Key Decision Analytics

Enterprise analytics consulting for larger organizations. Data strategy, decision modeling, and advanced analytics.

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AI Implementation

Grannan AI Partners

Done-for-you AI implementation for organizations in the Carolinas. Practical, focused, and personally delivered by Ben.

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Let's talk about your analytical challenges.

A 30-minute call to discuss your organization's data challenges and how KDA can help. No pitch, just an honest assessment.

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