Summary
Courtney Fitzgerald is a seasoned Software Architect specializing in Android with 13 years of engineering experience and seven years as a technical lead, currently shaping mobile architecture at Abbott from Austin, Texas. She has deep fintech domain expertise—having led retail and retirement apps at Charles Schwab—and a strong track record building secure, server-driven UIs and inter-app messaging for regulated environments. Her background spans startups and enterprise, shipping SDK features like NFT gating, real-time presence, and digital redemption systems while integrating compliance disciplines such as ISO and ITAR into development practices. Early career work in ERP, QA, and embedded systems gives her a practical systems-thinking perspective that informs scalable mobile architectures. She also consolidated her public code into a self-hosted GitLab presence, signaling deliberate control over her open-source footprint.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science - Software Development Track, BS, Computer Science - Software Development Track at SUNY Brockport
AS, Computer Science, AS, Computer Science at Alfred State College - SUNY College of Technology