Robert Sipe

Project Manager, Account Executive, and Sales Engineer. Previous experience in IT/Networking across hospitality, retail, airport, business and transportation industries, as well as Digital Services for the hospitality, conventions, and meetings sectors. Prior to that, I had experience in investment finance as a registered representative (Series 6, 63) for several investment finance companies and broker/dealers.

I live in Santa Barbara, CA with my wife, and young daughter. Outside of spending time with family and friends, my hobbies include videography, photography, gaming, hiking, investing, and traveling the world with my family. My intellectual interests are decision making, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence, AI ethics, ontology, persuasion, politics, exobiology, astronomy, and science fiction.

My social affiliations include being a Freemason (and former Treasurer) of Carpinteria Masonic Center #444 (Master Mason), Scottish Rite (32nd Degree), Shriners Children's Hospital (Noble), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS - member). In 2020, I was inducted into the Gamma Beta Phi National Honor Society at CSU Channel Islands. In 2019 and 2020 I sat as Director at Large for the VSHOA, and as Treasurer in ‘24-’25.

I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Channel Islands University with an MBA and a GPA of 3.84. Additionally, I am an alumnus of Washington State University, where I earned a B.A. with a major in Television Broadcasting and a minor in Business Administration. I am also an associate alumnus at Harvard, where I completed a professional graduate program in Business Communications with a GPA of 3.9. Furthermore, I hold certificates from HarvardX in Astronomy and Exobiology and previously held FINRA Series 6 and 63 securities licenses as well as California Life and Health licenses.