Richard F. Fitzgerald

Biography

ichard F. Fitzgerald joined Eleven Biotherapeutics as its Interim Chief Financial Officer in October 2017. From July 2017 through October 2017, he served as a consultant to private life science based companies. Previously he served as the Chief Financial Officer of PAVmed Inc. (Nasdaq:PAVM) from October 2015 through March 2017 during which time PAVmed completed its IPO and Nasdaq listing. From April 2009 to October 2015, Mr. Fitzgerald was the Chief Financial Officer of TechPrecision Inc. (OTCBB: TPCS), a global manufacturer of precision large-scale components for the medical device, defense and energy industries. From 2002 to 2008, he served in various senior financial roles culminating in the role of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nucleonics Inc., a venture-backed biotechnology company and early pioneer within the field of RNAi therapeutics whose assets were sold to Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:ALNY) in December 2008. During his tenure at Nucleonics, he served as co-Chair of the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s (BIO) National CFO and Tax VP Committee, supporting federal tax, finance and capital formation lobbying efforts, and was active in the Association of Biotechnology Financial Officers. From 1995 to 2002, Mr. Fitzgerald served in the corporate development office and, from 1998 to 2002, as Director of Corporate Development for Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC), an energy generator and distributor, where he managed business development efforts, mergers and acquisitions, including the $18 billion merger with Unicom and the rollup of utility contractors which led to the formation of InfraSource (NYSE: IFS). From 1985 to 1995, Mr. Fitzgerald served as a Senior Manager in the Audit and Transaction Services Group of Coopers & Lybrand LLP (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). He is a member of the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Public Accounting and a founding member of the Bucknell University Business Advisory Board. Mr. Fitzgerald received his B.S. in Business Administration and Accounting from Bucknell University.

Research Interest

Business Administration and Accounting