About the Founder


Megan Fitzgerald is an expat career and personal branding coach and the founder of Career By Choice. She helps fellow expats worldwide use their personal brand to build a career or business that 'fits' who they are and their international, mobile lifestyle.

It is her passion for helping others embrace their freedom to choose where they live and what they do, her extensive global experience and training, and a creative, 2.0 approach that helps her clients build more satisfying professional lives overseas. Committed to authenticity and excellence, she works with her clients to clarify their goals and personal brand and create compelling marketing materials on- and offline. She also helps them build a distinctive online identity using social media, grow a strong network, and apply strategies that accelerate their professional and business success abroad.

With over 15 years of experience in career and business development, Megan has worked with expat professionals and entrepreneurs from across the globe. Her passion for travel, culture and service has taken her to over 28 countries on 5 continents to live, work or play. Driven by creativity and the belief that people are most successful when they leverage their passion and strengths, Megan enjoys helping people uncover their unique qualities and powerfully expressing their value to create real impact in their careers and businesses.

Megan describes her clients as expats ready to explore new frontiers - they are curious, intelligent and insightful, but crave more clarity around what makes them unique and stand out. Committed to their own success, they are excited about using the latest tools, strategies and technology to communicate their value in a differentiating and compelling way in the global marketplace.

Always in search of new, innovative strategies to help her clients succeed, Megan is constantly learning and working to hone her craft. Her credentials include: 
• Certified Personal Branding Strategist - one of the first 100 worldwide 
• Certified Career Coach 
• Certified Executive Coach 
• Certified Online Identity Strategist – one of the first 35 worldwide 
• Certified 360 Personal Brand Assessment Analyst 
• Trained in entrepreneurial and business coaching 
• Bachelors Degrees in both International Relations and Semiotics 
• Masters Degree in Multimedia Communications 

It is her expertise in personal branding, career marketing materials and strategic career and business development which has led to her being selected to present to global audiences such as the Women Who Tech Telesummit. She has been featured in Fortune Small Business Magazine, on CNN.com and in several expatriate publications, including Career-In-Your-Suitcase and Italy Magazine. 

As Megan believes that developing your professional network on- and off-line is essential for the global professional, she enjoys connecting with colleagues, peers and collaborators from San Francisco to Seoul via social media and many online communities and networks. She is also a member of several professional associations, including the International Coach Federation, the Career Management Alliance, and the Association of Career Professionals International. 

Megan is active in community service and donates a percentage of her total income to The Global Fund and to life saving programs around the world fighting AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. She is a member of Kiva.org, or a "Kivan", and supports entrepreneurs in developing countries through small microloans. Currently she is supporting a woman in Samoa to raise kava, and important element in Samoan culture, to support her family. 

When she is not being of service to her clients, Megan enjoys exploring her expat hometown of Rome, international travel, modern art, independent film, salsa dancing, meditation and a caffè macchiato to start her day. 


Do you have questions about how her background or qualifications could help support you in building a more satisfying professional life? Please go to the For Professionals or For Entrepreneurs page to find out how she works, or feel free to contact her to learn more.


© Megan Fitzgerald, Career By Choice, 2006-2009