Lawrence Fitzpatrick

Lawrence Fitzpatrick has a record of software delivery and transformational IT organizational management that spans commercial product development, corporate IT, academia, and government for over 30 years. Currently, Mr. Fitzpatrick is the General Manager of NCI's Agile Technology Sector. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, USA, NCI is a leading federal IT services contractor whose clients include a diverse base of defense, civilian, and intelligence agencies. Before joining NCI, he served as President of Computech, Inc., a leader in Agile and Lean application software development and IT operations and maintenance, headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. (Computech was recently acquired by NCI.) Until mid-2009, Mr. Fitzpatrick served as Senior VP of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). During a time of significant change in the financial sector, he oversaw and grew an application development team to over 500 people, spearheading the delivery of numerous key systems. Prior to joining FINRA in 2002, Mr. Fitzpatrick led delivery of commercial software products as VP at Open Text Software (OTEX) and as CTO at Personal Library Software. He has degrees from the University of Virginia and Georgetown University and holds a private pilot license.