Dr. Mullis is president of Mullis & Associates, Inc., a consulting company that he founded in 1999, that provides regulatory affairs and clinical support services to medical device companies, pharmaceuticals companies and biotechnology firms. He has 25 years of successful corporate management experience in FDA regulated industry directing US and international programs in regulatory affairs, clinical studies, quality assurance and marketing. From 1998-1999, Dr. Mullis served as Vice President, Global Clinical Programs at London International, plc. From 1989-1998, he worked with C.R. Bard, Inc., a fortune 500 medical device company, where he was Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Research and Quality Assurance for a major division and held various corporate positions including Regional Vice President of Corporate Regulatory Affairs, Vice President of Corporate Regulatory Affairs and Vice President of Clinical Programs Support. Dr. Mullis worked for Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., a subsidiary of Eli Lilly, from 1981 to 1989, directing regulatory affairs, clinical research and product assurance functions. Dr. Mullis has established an outstanding record for obtaining FDA approval for novel products and technologies in medical devices, in vitro diagnostics and biotechnology. He has extensive experience in planning and implementing Investigational Device Studies, developing Investigational New Drug Studies and filing various submissions with FDA and international regulatory agencies.

Prior to his industry experience, Dr. Mullis served as the Executive Director of a physicians’ professional standards review organization where he lead the firm from its start-up phase to a successful business level from 1977-1981. From 1973-1985, he held faculty positions at several universities including The University of Tennessee and Radford University and served as adjunct professor at other colleges and universities.

Dr. Mullis received his B.S. degree from Appalachian State University in 1970, his Master of Science degree from The University of Tennessee in 1971 and the Ph.D. from The University of Tennessee in 1976. He is a member of the Regulatory Professional Society, Georgia Biomedical Partnership and president of the Georgia Walking Horse Exhibitors Association.