Mike Mullen was an entrepreneur/CEO in the telecommunications industry starting several firms including Mullen Telecommunications Inc. and two union affiliates that built more than 250 cable TV and other telecom systems in 13 states. He provides consulting and litigation support in marketing and international business. A Florida Circuit Court qualified Dr. Mullen as an expert witness in the areas of international business and marketing and quantitative analysis of business information (i.e., damage models or statistical analysis). He was recently interviewed and quoted by the Wall Street Journal as “an expert in international management,” page 1, U.S. and European Editions. In 2007, Captain Mullen was licensed as a US Merchant Marine Officer for vessels up to 100 tons by the US Coast Guard.

Dr. Mullen’s public service includes serving as press secretary/district liaison for a Congressman on Capital Hill, Washington, D.C., Chairman of the Board of Visitors for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, member of the Wisconsin Higher Education Aids Board, candidate for Wisconsin State Senator, President of the Riverside Park Residents Association, Fort Lauderdale, and VP Education, Greater Fort Lauderdale Sister Cities International. He has been active in many chambers of commerce, economic development boards, political campaigns, referendum and civic groups including several in Wisconsin and Florida. Dr. Mullen  serves as an External Examiner for management/business degree programs at the DIT, Ireland, and the Institute for Integrated Learning in Management, New Delhi, India. Dr. Mullen is an Associate Member of the Center for International Business and Management, Judge Institute at the University of Cambridge. 

Professor Mullen has published more than 40 refereed articles in leading academic journals, books and proceedings and more than 280 consecutive political and business articles/press releases in the popular press. His most important scholarly work has been Chairing/Co-Chairing marketing dissertations for four brilliant doctoral students (Chinese, Tunisian, Bulgarian & Irish), all expected to earn Ph.D.s 2008/09. Dr. Mullen’s academic research is published in the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Marketing, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Journal of Macromarketing, Journal of Global Marketing, Journal of Global Business, Irish Marketing Review, Advances in International Marketing, etc. and in proceedings of academic conferences such as the American Marketing Association, European Marketing Academy, Academy of International Business, American Management Association, CIMaR and others. His research focuses on international/cross-cultural marketing management including market selection, quantitative research methods, and the effects of globalization on economic development & quality of life.