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Each month, BizWest asks a business leader to participate in a question and answer feature to help shed light on a business topic, an industry or add insight to afield of endeavor. This month, Jeff Poore, president of Numerica Corp., based in Fort Collins.
BizWest: You recently opened an office in Colorado Springs that will specialize in your aerospace work. Tell us more about that. What share of Numerical business is in aerospace? What are some projects currently underway?
Jeff Poore: We chose Colorado Springs because it's an important hub in Colorado's space ecosystem and for military space operations at the national level, too. Not only does this give Numerica a physical presence to better support our Department of Defense customer base overall, but specifically we are closer to space customers and the current growth in space programs. While most of the workbeing done out of the Colorado Springs office is related to our Space Situational Awareness (SSA) business line, the location also offers a great talent pool to draw from to support other areas of our business.
Right now, SSA represents about 30 percent of...