Luis Zaragoza brings a passion for cybersecurity, leadership, and service to his role as an Information Systems Security Manager supporting the CIO at CPE ST3. In his position, Luis helps lead cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance efforts for one of the organization’s key mission networks, ensuring security remains aligned with operational objectives. His responsibilities include…
In November 2022, Jay Sebastian, Director of Data Science at COLSA, traveled to CompTIA Headquarters in Downers Grove, IL, for a week to develop the CompTIA DataX certification. Jay worked alongside 11 other Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from various backgrounds in industry and academia. The team worked from the ground up to develop the exam…
Jay Sebastian is COLSA’s Director of Data Science. In this role, he is responsible for growing COLSA’s capabilities in Data Science, and leading our innovation technology ecosystem comprising COLSA’s Data Science Lab, Cybersecurity Lab, and Enterprise Information Systems/High-Performance Computing Lab. Jay’s professional journey began, like many others at COLSA, in the military. Jay enlisted in…
Paula Walters serves as the Program Manager overseeing one of COLSA’s most significant contracts, known as Systems and Software Security Engineering (S3E). In her role, she engages in a diverse range of cybersecurity endeavors, managing the entire lifecycle of cyber activities, spanning from software assurance to hardware assurance. Collaborating closely with the client, Paula and…
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 Aberdeen, Maryland. Her natural inclination towards computers and a talent for organization, led her to pursue a career in computer science. While in college, she made…
