Braden is an Assistant Professor and Technical Director of the University of Louisville's theatre department. He previously worked at Actors Theatre of Louisville for 13 years. During his tenure at ATL he worked on over two hundred productions, as a scenic carpenter, draftsman/rigger, assistant technical director, and production technical director. Braden was the inaugural technical director for Theatre [502], a local theatre that produced 4-5 plays each season. Braden holds a BA in technical theatre from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.