Dr. Fitzgerald is founder of A. M. Fitzgerald & Associates, providers of MEMS product development and engineering services. She has over 15 years of hands-on engineering experience in MEMS design, fabrication, and product development and has developed more than a dozen distinct MEMS devices, such as piezoresistive cantilevers, ultrasound transducers, and infrared imagers. She has previously been employed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Orbital Sciences Corp., Sigpro, and Sensant Corp. (acquired by Siemens). She received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her doctorate from Stanford University, in Aeronautics and Astronautics. Dr. Fitzgerald holds four patents and serves on the Governing Council of the MEMS Industry Group.