Dr. Fitzgerald founded A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates, LLC (""AMFitzgerald""), a MEMS and sensors solutions company, in 2003. She has over 20 years of engineering experience in MEMS design, fabrication, and product development.
Prior to founding AMFitzgerald, Dr. Fitzgerald worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Sigpro, and Sensant Corporation, now part of Siemens. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees from MIT and her doctorate from Stanford University, in Aeronautics and Astronautics. Dr. Fitzgerald has numerous journal publications and holds eight patents. She served on the Governing Council of the MEMS Industry Group (MIG) from 2008-2014 and was inducted into the MIG Hall of Fame in 2013. Dr. Fitzgerald serves on the Board of Directors of Rigetti Computing and the Transducer Research Foundation.