Karl Sipfle

Karl Sipfle is an experienced architect and systems engineer currently serving as the Gateway Vehicle System Manager Architecture Lead and Lead Spacecraft System Software Engineer at NASA, where responsibilities include architecting the Gateway Moon-to-Mars lunar space station and developing deep space networking technology. In addition, Karl has held the position of Senior Lead Architect Systems Engineer for Autonomous Vehicles at General Motors since April 2017 and is a Voting Member Emeritus of the Executive Committee for the Triple Nine Society. Previous experience includes working as a Senior Avionics Software Engineer at Blue Origin and authoring several works, including "The Nature of Consciousness" and "Learning from Jeff Bezos: 23 Principles." Karl Sipfle earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan and holds certificates in Project Management and CMMI from General Motors and Hewlett Packard EDS.