Laurie Fitzgerald
President, Avanci Vehicle
Laurie Fitzgerald is President at Avanci Vehicle, a leading, independent global provider of patent licensing platforms. She is responsible for all aspects of the Avanci Vehicle business and is passionate about finding solutions that can be widely accepted across industries.
Laurie has driven the expansion of the Avanci 4G Vehicle and 5G Vehicle programs to include more than 100 automotive brands and over 200 million connected vehicles around the world covered by an Avanci Vehicle license. The programs span dozens of participating licensors, collectively responsible for the vast majority of 4G & 5G cellular essential patents.
A patent licensing professional and IP attorney, Laurie has more than a decade of experience working with patent owners and product developers, spanning licensing transactions, patent acquisitions and divestitures, portfolio strategy and valuation, and patent litigation. A regular conference speaker, Laurie has been listed amongst Managing IP’s Most Influential People in IP, in the IAM Strategy 300 list of leading IP professionals, and World IP Review’s Most Influential Women in IP.