Dr. Alfred Coats

Chairman of the Board

Dr. Alfred Coats was named Chairman of the Board for Millar in August 2019. His decades of business experience and strong background in medical science, acquired through his MD degree at Baylor College of Medicine and MS in physiology awarded with high honors, make him a valuable contributor to Millar. Serving as a professor at Baylor for 28 years, Dr. Coats has published over 70 peer-reviewed clinical research papers and over 10 books and invited chapters.

His medical science knowledge led the way to founding LifeTech, Inc., a medical device company that grew from $250K to $10MM in annual sales, where he remained President and CEO until he sold the company in 2013. In addition, he previously served as Director of the Space Life Sciences Division of the Universities Space Research Association for 10 years. Currently, Dr. Coats provides consulting as the Managing Partner of AlphaQuest Consulting, LLC, and is an investor member of the Houston Angel Network where he is chairman of the Life Sciences Group.