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Alissa M. Fitzgerald
Alissa M. Fitzgerald, Ph.D., is the Founder & Managing Member of A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates, LLC, a MEMS product design company in Burlingame, CA. She founded and boot-strapped the company in 2003; the company has been profitable and growing every year since.
Dr. Fitzgerald has over 20 years of engineering experience in MEMS design, fabrication and product development. Having developed more than a dozen distinct MEMS devices, such as piezoresistive cantilevers, ultrasound transducers, and infrared imagers, she now advises clients on the entire technology development cycle, from business and IP strategy, to initial design and prototyping, to foundry production.
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, all in Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Dr. Fitzgerald has numerous journal publications and holds seven patents. She served on the Governing Council of the MEMS Industry Group (MIG) from 2008-2014. In 2013, she was inducted into the MIG Hall of Fame. In 2014, she was the runner-up winner of the MEMS Consultant of the Year award from MIG.
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