Brian Fitzgerald

Professor Brian Fitzgerald is Director of Lero where he previously served as Lero Chief Scientist and Principal Investigator since its founding on 2005.

He holds an endowed professorship, the Frederick A Krehbiel II Chair in Innovation in Global Business & Technology, at the University of Limerick, Ireland, where he was Vice President Research from 2008-2011.

Brian’s research interests lie primarily in software development methods including lean, agile and continuous software engineering, global software development, and open source software.