Ms. Fitzgerald leads the R&D digital transformation and technology offer creations including digital solution platform development, cloudification, security, AI/ML and IoT. Prior to this role, Ms. Fitzgerald was a Digital Transformation, Analytics and technology executive at Schneider Electric for 11 years.
Ms. Fitzgerald’s career has included leadership positions in both large companies (IBM, Motorola, Schneider-Electric, Homesite) and over a decade of high tech startups. Ms. Fitzgerald co-founded and was VP of Engineering for a chip company designing DSPs for image processing and a Spring Board Women Entrepreneur startup funding recipient. She has held executive roles with multiple Angel and VC backed startup companies in various industries including medical devices, software applications, sustainable products, robotics and consumer devices. Ms. Fitzgerald’s areas of expertise include product development, operations, IT, information security and digital transformation strategy. She is a recipient of the Mass High Tech “Women to Watch in Science and Technology” award.
Ms. Fitzgerald received her bachelor’s degree from Rensselaer, and her master’s degree and MBA from MIT. She is a member of the Rensselaer New England Executive Council, and the Rensselaer School of Engineering Leadership Council. In addition, she has been a mentor for MIT’s Venture Mentor Services, a MIT Start Six Entrepreneurship mentor and is currently a mentor for the MIT Operations Lab. Outside of work, Ms. Fitzgerald enjoys exercise, history, architecture, travel, music and is a proud mother of six sons, one of whom is a Rensselaer alumni (class of 2018), and one who is a current student (class of 2022). Her uncle, Paul Bakeman, is also a Rensselaer graduate, as a member of the classes of 1963, 1965, and 1967!
