Charles Cipolla

Vice President / General Manager at Rapita Systems

Charles (Charlie) Cipolla has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and companies. Starting in 2001, they co-founded Technology Software LLC / Arrowhead Professional Staffing LLC, where they served as a Founding Partner until 2010. In 2011, they joined Avionic Instruments / Acme Aerospace as a Program Manager and Systems/Software Engineer, remaining there until 2016. During that time, in 2016, they briefly worked as a Sr. Systems Engineer at Rockwell Collins. In 2016, they started working at Danlaw Inc as a Program Manager, specializing in Services, until 2019. Currently, since 2018, they hold the position of Head of Engineering Services at Rapita Systems, having previously served as the Engineering Manager for Aerospace Services.

Charlie Cipolla completed their Bachelor of Science degree at Arizona State University. Charles (Charlie) is currently pursuing a Master of Applied Leadership and Management degree in Global Management and Business at Thunderbird School of Global Management, expected to be completed in 2024.

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Novi, United States

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Rapita Systems

Rapita Systems is a leading supplier of software verification tools and services, providing quality solutions to the global high-integrity aerospace and automotive electronics industries. We help our customers to increase software quality, deliver evidence to meet safety and certification objectives and reduce project costs. The Rapita Verification Suite (RVS) makes software testing more efficient and reliable. It integrates with existing development environments and offers flexible, low overhead strategies to collect verification data including unit test, structural coverage and worst-case execution time data from the most complex targets including multicore processors. RVS was designed with safety in mind and is qualifiable for use in environments such as DO-178C/ED-12C and ISO 26262. Supporting its position as a key provider of verification solutions, Rapita Systems provides expert multicore timing and V&V services aimed at safety or mission-critical environments, supporting a range of activities including unit integration, system and acceptance testing, timing analysis and optimization (for both single- and multi-core systems), compiler validation and assurance services. Rapita's multii-core solution, MACH178, provides an end-to-end solution for providing certification evidence to satisfy DO-178C and A(M)C 20-193 objectives. In 2022 Danlaw Group acquired Maspatechnologies SL in Spain, expanding the specialized multicore verification expertise within the Rapita Systems group. Rapita is a wholly owned subsidiary of Danlaw Inc (www.danlawinc.com) and Rapita Systems Inc. can handle US controlled defense information in compliance with ITAR regulation.