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COLSA Welcomes Experienced Executive Director of Acquisition, Melissa Mitchell, to the Team

Melissa Mitchell joined COLSA in September 2025 as the Executive Director of Acquisition with 27 years of experience and expertise in Government Contracting and Business Operations. During the span of her Gover...

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Employee Spotlight- Diana Tanner

Diana is a COLSA Cyber Analyst supporting both the Army Aviation and Missile Command (DEVCOM AvMC) in Huntsville and the High-Performance Computing Modernization Office (HPCMO) in Vicksburg, Mississippi and Abe...

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science

International Day of Women and Girls in Science is a day dedicated to recognizing the significant gender gap that persists in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) field. Women have come ...

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Why COLSA Wednesday: Extended – Samantha Viray

Samantha Viray After completing years in the Army as a military intelligence officer, Samantha Viray found herself transitioning to Huntsville in search of a new career. She knew that Huntsville was a big de...

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Why COLSA Wednesday: Extended – Ryan Shu

Ryan Shu While finishing his graduate degree last year, Ryan Shu was looking for internship opportunities from all over the country. He was drawn to the defense industry, specifically companies with a strong...

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Why COLSA Wednesday: Extended- Morgan Garris

Prior to COLSA, Morgan Garris was in college pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Management with a concentration in Human Resource Management. While in school, she had the opportunity to intern with COLSA. It was...

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Life of a YoPro – Will Green

Will Green Will Green started at COLSA this past summer as an intern in our Cyber and Information Warfare department. As a part-time employee for COLSA, Will focuses on threat hunting and finishing up his d...

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Life of a YoPro: Johnathan Stuecker

Johnathan Stuecker is one of our part-time student employees that recently completed our summer internship program. Not only is Johnathan pursuing an undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering from the Unive...

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Why COLSA Wednesday: Extended – Wade Hawkins

Wade Hawkins Six years ago, Wade Hawkins moved with his wife from Utah to Ohio so that he could start a new job with COLSA. After eight months in his first position, the need for a program manager position o...

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Life of a YoPro: Ryan Comandante

Ryan Comandante is one of our recent new hires at COLSA as he just started a little over a year ago supporting our long-time Navy client on the Data Link Test Tools contract that we’ve been executing for over 2...