Russell Fitzgerald

Russell Fitzgerald possesses extensive experience in IT and process automation over a career spanning several decades. Currently serving as ISD Support Lead at Navy Federal Credit Union since December 2001, Russell is responsible for building, installing, and configuring Managed File Transfer tools. Previous roles at Navy Federal include Service Manager for IT Process Automation, where oversight of a team was focused on deploying orchestration and automation across computing systems, and Manager of Availability Management, managing a multi-year project aimed at enhancing IT Service Management maturity with a significant budget and staff. Russell also has a background as Lead Process Automation Analyst, contributing to automation strategies since 1995. Prior experience includes serving as AVP of Mainframe Systems Management at Merrill Lynch and a role in IT Process Automation at Navy Federal. Russell's career began in the United States Marine Corps, where responsibilities included supervising communications operations.