George Fitzgerald

George Fitzgerald has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning over several decades. George started their career as a Post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Florida in 1984. George then worked as a Sr. Scientist at Biosym from 1987 to 1988. George joined Biosym Technologies in 1988 and led the development of the first commercial software application for modeling materials. At Biosym Technologies, they also served as a Product Manager and successfully grew sales to $250,000. In 1990, they joined Cray Research as a Senior Computational Chemist, where they worked with a team to improve the performance of commercial applications on Cray Research computer hardware. George also managed a software development group as a Software Project Manager. In 1996, they joined Oxford Molecular as a Product Manager, overseeing all aspects of software applications for the chemical industry. George then moved on to Accelrys in 1997, where they held various roles including Software R&D Manager, Project Manager for Materials Informatics, and Senior Marketing Manager. During their time at Accelrys, they drove growth consistently and managed multiple software applications and research projects. In 2014, George joined Universal Display Corporation as an Associate Director of Computational Chemistry and later became the Director of Computational Chemistry. In this role, they managed a team of scientists and worked with chemists and engineers to optimize OLED performance through molecular modeling, informatics, and machine learning.

George Fitzgerald earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Case Western Reserve University, where they attended from 1976 to 1980. Following their undergraduate studies, they pursued a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley from 1980 to 1984.