Prof Eugene A. Fitzgerald

SMART CEO & Director

Eugene A. Fitzgerald is CEO of SMART, MIT’s Research Enterprise in Singapore. His research work resulted in the discovery of high mobility strained silicon, the basis of the founding of his first company. He is a practicing researcher, serial innovator and entrepreneur and has founded or co-founded seven enterprises, including one that specialized in industry-corporate innovation projects. He is co-author of the book “Inside Real Innovation”.  He received his undergraduate degree from MIT in 1985 and his PhD from Cornell University in 1989.