Dr. Alissa M. Fitzgerald

Dr. Fitzgerald has over 30 years of engineering experience in MEMS design and fabrication. Prior to founding AMFitzgerald, Dr. Fitzgerald worked in engineering and management positions at several high-tech companies. She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from MIT and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in Aeronautics and Astronautics. She co-authored MEMS Product Development: From Concept to Commercialization. In 2013, she was inducted into the MEMS Industry Group Hall of Fame and in 2024, she was Sensors Converge Executive of the Year. She is a board director for Rigetti Computing (Nasdaq:RGTI) and the IEEE Spectrum Editorial Advisory Board.