Dr. Bernie Mullin is Founder & Chairman of The Aspire Group, an Atlanta-based firm that is the industry leader in ticket sales and marketing for college athletic programs. He is an internationally-acclaimed management and marketing consultant and speaker. He has over 30 years of experience as a chief executive or senior director in iconic and highly visible organizations in professional sports, collegiate athletics, and entertainment venue operation at the highest level. Prior to the Aspire Group, Dr. Mullin was the president of the Atlanta Hawks (NBA), Atlanta Thrashers (NHL) and Philips Arena.
In his career, Dr. Mullin has specialized predominantly in start-ups and turn-around situations, building winning organizations as well as developing sustained peak performing organizations on the business side taking people and teams to unprecedented levels of success. He has also received numerous additional honours and recognition including being dubbed “The Guru of Ticket Sales” by Sports Illustrated in 1993, “The Pirate of Profitability” in 1986 by the forerunner of the SportsBusiness Journal, and being named the Boy Scouts of America “Peach of an Athlete Award” recipient in 2008.