Chicke
has nearly thirty years experience in the electronic distribution and marketing
fields. She is an innovator in social media, an author, speaker and
entrepreneur.
She founded Solutionz Media in January of 2009, with the launch of her
successful Solutionz Live! broadcasting network, which is aimed at the business
professional.
Chicke is the CEO of sister company, Solutionz Holdings.
Founded in 1996, Solutionz provides strategic consulting on a global
basis, with a focus on the travel, technology and media industries.
She has published three books on the Global Distribution Systems, known as the Travel Distribution
Library. She is also the author of Bootstrap
Business, along with best-selling authors Tom Hopkins (How to Master the Art of Selling), Jack
Canfield (One Minute Manager), and John Christensen (FISH!). Fitzgerald, Hopkins, Canfield, and Christensen are joined by other well
known authors and speakers, each offering time-tested strategies for success in
frank and intimate interviews about entrepreneurialism.
Prior to forming her own consulting firm, Mrs. Fitzgerald served as Senior
Director of Sales and Marketing with SITA, a billion dollar telecommunications
company based in Paris, France.
From 1992 to 1994 she held the positions of Director of Marketing Programs and
Staff Director of Strategic Planning with WORLDSPAN, an Atlanta based provider
of Global Distribution Systems (now a part of Travelport).
From 1982 to 1992, Mrs. Fitzgerald held a variety of management positions at
AMR American Airlines in their SABRE Travel Information Network division,
culminating in a position reporting to the President.
Chicke and her husband Michael presently reside in Tampa, Florida with their
son and daughter.