When experts talk about the strength of startup culture in Colorado, they point to community-building initiatives like the Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation in Colorado Springs. The Catalyst Campus, made possible through a strategic partnership with Comcast, is a collaborative ecosystem driving innovation and facilitating aerospace, defense and related industry growth while creating a pillar for the future of …
New Colorado Springs center to help defense contractors diversify
A new center operated by two trade associations will open next month in the Catalyst Campus near downtown Colorado Springs. Image via Google Maps. A new center operated by two trade associations will open next month in the Catalyst Campus near downtown Colorado Springs to help defense contractors diversify into new markets to cope with military budget cuts and to help …
State manufacturing program to launch at Catalyst Campus
Two Colorado trade associations are partnering to launch the FourFront Fuse Impact Center at Catalyst Campus, according to a news release issued by the O’Neil Group Company, which is developing the campus. The center is scheduled to open in February with a formal launch in late March or early April. “After several months of community discussions, Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Alliance has selected …
Government invention meets private industry during C-TRAC event
For the first time, the newly formed Center for Technology, Research and Commercialization — a nonprofit that is part of the Catalyst Campus — is hosting a “Tech 2 Market” event from Sept. 27-29. The interactive event gives participants the chance to learn about developing technologies and weigh in on ways the inventions can be used in both the government …
CTRAC bridges ‘tech to market’
The Center for Technology, Research and Commercialization hosted its first-ever “Tech 2 Market” event this week at Catalyst Campus to move early Air Force technology from the lab to local companies for licensing and commercialization. The event included project presentations, brainstorming sessions and networking opportunities between government and industry professionals. Attendees included representatives from the Air Force’s technology transfer office …
Catalyst Campus vision: To grow community
Creation of collaborative space, labs for research and development, a cyber and space operations center and a classified facility are just a few plans in motion at the privately funded Catalyst Campus, designed to increase community collaboration and local business and job growth, while also putting Colorado Springs on the map in aerospace and defense. With a grand opening ceremony …
Colorado Springs Movers & Shakers: Rebecca Decker
Rebecca “Becca” Decker, DBA, PMP, recently joined the Southern Colorado Technology Alliance and Catalyst Campus as the marketing and business engagement manager. Decker launched her career as an imagery analyst and mission planner for the U-2 mission while serving in the U.S. Air Force, which led to jobs with Boeing, BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems …