Mr. Mark J. Cola is the Co-founder of Sigma Labs, Inc. and has been its President since September 2010 and its Chief Technology Officer since July 24, 2017. Mr. Cola served as Chief Executive Officer at Sigma Labs, Inc. from September 20, 2012 to July 24, 2017 and its Chief Operating Officer from September 2010 to July 24, 2017. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of FrameWaves Inc. (also known as B6 Sigma Inc.). He is a co-owner at The Mark & Amanda Cola Revocable Trust U/A August 31, 2012. Mr. Cola worked as a Director of Operations for Beyond6 Sigma Division of TMC from June 2006 to April 2010. He has over 26 years of experience in the aerospace and nuclear industries at Rockwell International, SPECO Division of Kelsey-Hayes Co., Westinghouse in the Naval Nuclear Reactors Program, Houston Lighting & Power and within the NNSA Weapons Complex at Los Alamos National Laboratory as well as private consulting and Beyond6 Sigma. He has also worked as a Research Engineer at Edison Welding Institute and for Stoody Alloys, a leading manufacturer of wear-resistant materials. Mr. Cola has extensive aerospace experience having worked on the Rockwell B1-B Strategic bomber airframe fabrication as a Materials & Process Engineer. At the Beyond6 Sigma, Mr. Cola has worked with a wide range of clients ranging from aerospace to defense systems. His expertise is in manufacturing process development, friction welding, light alloys such as titanium and aluminum, mechanical, physical and welding metallurgy and nickel-based superalloys for harsh environments. He developed and deployed adaptive control systems for GMAW, GTAW and friction welding. He has extensive defense product realization experience ranging from complex gear-trains for helicopters to nuclear reactors components for subs and aircraft carriers to airframes for the B-1B to `war reserve-WR' nuclear weapon stockpile components. He was Co-Organizer of SLIM II - Small Lot Intelligent Manufacturing Conference II since September 2005 and Technical Co-Chairman for the inaugural NNSA Future Technologies Conference since May 2004. Mr. Cola served as a Director of Sigma Labs, Inc. from September 2010 to July 24, 2017. He was a Member, Edison Welding Institute--Industrial Advisory Board of Directors. He was Team Leader, Welding and Joining Science and Technology at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He was Deputy Group Leader, Weapon Component Technology and Group Leader, Manufacturing Science and Technology, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Mr. Cola received an MS in Welding Engineering and a BS in Metallurgical Engineering from The Ohio State University.