Your Partner in Specialty Product Development
AMFitzgerald was founded by Dr. Alissa M. Fitzgerald in 2003 to provide MEMS and microelectronic development services to a growing industry. AMFitzgerald was one of the first lab-to-fab service companies to successfully leverage university fabs (Stanford and UCB) to build silicon prototypes and validate designs prior to foundry volume manufacturing. Our business model enables us to provide highly sophisticated wafer-based fabrication without the financial burden of owning a fab, which in turn, allows us to stay focused on high value development services. Our team builds prototypes on silicon, glass, InP, and Ge 150 or 200 mm wafers at UCB Marvell Nanolab and does test and measurement in our own Class 100 cleanroom. Successful prototypes are then transferred to commercial foundries around the world for volume manufacturing.
Some company highlights to date:
We have served hundreds of clients to date, many international and many in the Fortune 100. And we have successfully transferred dozens of chip designs to 8 foundries around the world.
Published a book, MEMS Product Development: From Concept to Commercialization (SpringerNature, 2021), on our methods.
Partnered with MEMS Infinity foundry division of Sumitomo Precision Products in 2024 to provide integrated design and fabrication services for piezoelectric MEMS devices.
Multi-year development project on 3-axis micro-mirror technology with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, available for license from LLNL since 2017.
Partnered with Millar OEM in 2017 to provide ISO-13485 MEMS chip mounting and assembly services for medical device applications.
Created the RocketMEMS® service in 2012, in collaboration with Silex, to provide OEM customers with quick-turn, semi-custom MEMS pressure sensors on a production-qualified process.
Invented a method of reliability analysis and fracture prediction specific to MEMS devices; granted patent #7,979,237 in 2011.
AMFitzgerald is an active member of MSIG (MEMS & Sensors Industry Group), sponsoring and participating in many MSIG events and conferences around the world. We also joined Silicon Catalyst in 2016, an incubator of silicon-based startups, to provide services and support to the next generation of silicon entrepreneurs.
AMFitzgerald employees have been or are board members at the MEMS Industry Group, Transducers Research Foundation, Singh Nanotechnology Center at University of Pennsylvania and IEEE Spectrum.
Our Leadership Team
Alissa M. Fitzgerald, Ph.D., CEO (Managing Member)
Dr. Fitzgerald is CEO (Managing Member) and founded the company in 2003. She has over 30 years of engineering experience in MEMS design, fabrication and product development. Having developed dozens of MEMS devices earlier in her career, she now advises clients on the entire cycle of microelectronic product development, from business and IP strategy to supply chain and manufacturing operations. Prior to founding AMFitzgerald, Dr. Fitzgerald worked in engineering and management positions 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 Ph.D. from Stanford University in Aeronautics and Astronautics. Dr. Fitzgerald is co-author of MEMS Product Development: From Concept to Commercialization, has numerous journal publications, holds eleven patents, and is a frequent invited speaker at professional meetings. She was a board director for the MEMS Industry Group (MIG) Governing Council from 2008-2014, for the Transducers Research Foundation from 2016-2024, and for IEEE Spectrum magazine from 2022-2025. In 2013, she was inducted into the MIG Hall of Fame and in 2024, she was awarded Executive of the Year by Sensors Converge. She contributed to three SEMI Standards, winning the SEMI Technical Editor Award in 2025. She is currently a board director for Rigetti Computing (Nasdaq: RGTI).
Brandon P. Harrington, Ph.D., Director of MEMS Development
Dr. Harrington has an extensive background in design, fabrication, and test of piezoelectric and capacitive based sensors and transducers. Over 22 years in MEMS, spanning academic research, commercial research and development, he has delivered innovative technologies from feasibility study through prototyping and productization to pilot and volume production in consumer electronics. Prior to AMFitzgerald, Dr. Harrington worked in engineering management at Knowles, Cavendish Kinetics, and Qorvo. He received his B.S in Computer Engineering and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma State University.
Carolyn D. White, Ph.D., COO and Principal MEMS Developer
Dr. White has a background in mechanics of materials and specializes in the design and fabrication of MEMS devices for a wide range of applications, which have included electrostatic actuators, microfluidics, and piezoelectric devices. She has additional experience in foundry transfers and technology strategic analysis including of the evaluation of patent portfolios, feasibility studies, and cost/performance analysis. With over 20 years of experience in MEMS, Dr. White is an active member of the MEMS & Sensors Industry Group, previously serving on its Technical Advisory Committee and is co-author of the book MEMS Product Development: From Concept to Commercialization. Dr. White received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University and M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Contact Us
AMFitzgerald welcomes the opportunity to assist you with all MEMS, photonic or microelectronic needs. Please complete the brief sections below and one of our team members will follow up. For details on any of our services or to discuss your particular needs, fill out the form below or call us at 650-347-6367.
Our Office
A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates, LLC
700 Airport Blvd., Suite 270
Burlingame, CA 94010 USA
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Take BART or Caltrain to Millbrae station. Taxis are available on the east side of the station. During commute hours, a free shuttle operates between Millbrae station and our building.
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