Laurie Fitzgerald
President, Avanci Vehicle
As President of the Avanci Vehicle business, Laurie Fitzgerald is responsible for all aspects of Avanci’s licensing platforms for connected vehicles. She is passionate about finding simple and efficient licensing solutions that can be widely accepted across industries.
Laurie has driven the expansion of the Avanci 4G Vehicle licensing program to include more than 100 automotive brands, collectively selling the majority of 4G connected vehicles around the world, and almost 60 licensors, collectively holding the majority of cellular standard essential patents worldwide. In 2023, Laurie led the launch of the Avanci 5G Vehicle licensing program, which has since grown to include more than 35 automotive brands participating as licensees and more than 65 patent holders participating as licensors.
A patent licensing professional and IP attorney, Laurie has two decades of experience with licensing transactions, patent acquisitions and divestitures, portfolio strategy and valuation, and patent litigation. A regular conference speaker, Laurie has featured amongst Managing IP’s Most Influential People in IP, in the IAM Strategy 300 list of leading IP strategist, and World IP Review’s Most Influential Women in IP.