Visual Lease appointed Joe Fitzgerald as SVP, Lease Market Strategy. In his role, Fitzgerald will be responsible for informing product innovation, deepening strategic partnerships and supporting go-to-market thought leadership.

Fitzgerald comes to Visual Lease from Ernst & Young (EY), where he spent the past five-plus years as the firm’s lease technology leader assisting enterprise clients navigate the challenges related to operations, technology and data management to comply with the latest lease accounting standards. Prior to EY, Fitzgerald spent more than 20 years serving in senior finance and operations roles for organizations in the healthcare, business services, real estate and leasing sectors.

“Joe’s deep domain experience will help Visual Lease customers transform their compliance requirements into financial opportunities,” Marc Betesh, founder and CEO of Visual Lease, said. “We are confident that his wealth of industry knowledge will impact critical decisions as we continue to expand the solutions, services and value that we provide to our customers.”

“Over the past several years, I have witnessed Visual Lease’s uncompromising ability to solve complex lease accounting and management challenges for both large global organizations and small private enterprises across a wide spectrum of industries,” Fitzgerald said. “I know first-hand how difficult this work can be for public and private companies. Visual Lease has an incredibly poised, knowledgeable and dedicated team that I am honored to be a part of.”