William O. Bullock, MBA
Senior Vice President, Economic Development and Statewide Operations
Department: Economic and Community DevelopmentContact Information
919-549-8829
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bill-bullock/6/a32/330
About
As part of the senior executive team, William O. Bullock (Bill) is responsible for providing leadership and strategic oversight for statewide life science economic and community development. This includes Center teams focused on life sciences economic development, corporate communications, statewide operations, and focused initiatives.
Prior to joining the Center, Bullock served as international business development manager for biotechnology within the North Carolina Department of Commerce. He was also vice president of the biotechnology consulting firm BioAbility, where he directed numerous studies and client consulting projects in North America and abroad, including international biotechnology competitiveness benchmarking, economic development strategic planning, business plan development, technology assessments, and market research/analyses. He has also done business consulting for global pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms and spent six years in research, development and marketing at Stratagene Cloning Systems in San Diego.
Bullock has written and presented extensively on a variety of topics related to commercial biotechnology, including economic development, business strategy, market research, regulation, emerging technologies, workforce development, strategic alliances, and more. He received his undergraduate degree in cell biology and biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego, and an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.