Brian Mullen is an entrepreneur, design engineer, and researcher with a passion for designing innovative medical products and assistive technologies. Brian holds a B.S.M.E., M.S.M.E and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. Brian’s background covers many disciplines, from clinical research exploring the safety and effectiveness of treatments for people with mental illness to human centered design, universal design, design for commercial viability, and teaching new product development. Brian’s work has led to clinical publications, awards, and presentations in multiple fields as well as pending patents. Brian is currently an Innovation Strategy Manager at the Brigham Digital Innovation Hub. He leads the effort to support internal innovation and move ideas to commercial viability. Previous to joining iHub Brian founded an early stage medical device company, Therapeutic Systems. The mission of the company was to help people across the life spans who are struggling with brain disorders such as autism, ADHD, PTSD and anxiety-based disorders by providing evidence based and insurance reimbursable medical technologies.