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    Recognition reflects the company's focus on continuous improvement, organizational learning, agility, and innovation.
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    Cloud-Agnostic Data Management Solutions 

    The third article in our series on data management highlights how data management achieves game-changing operationalized innovation when deployed using cloud-agnostic, edge, or on-premises reach-back.
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    Data Science & Advanced Analytics

    Improve situational awareness, actionable intelligence & decision support speed

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    a strategic asset

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    Transform legacy systems for increased security, efficiency & mission capability

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    NT StudioDXâ„ 

    Our open-source suite of tools & services to get you from idea to execution @ mission speed

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    Our proven agile delivery framework for the integration of automated pipelines

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    IR&D of novel applications of commercial & open-source tech to advance mission capability

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    Senior Software Engineer
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    Director, Business Development
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    Senior Security Engineer
    Reston, VA
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    TS/SCI with Poly
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    Senior Software Engineer
    REMOTE
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    Reston, VA
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    TS/SCI with Poly
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Chris "CP" Powell

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Chris Powell, CTO
Chris Powell is the Chief Technology Officer of NT Concepts, where he leads the development of innovative technology solutions to solve the unique mission challenges facing our national security customers. A highly skilled and experienced technologist, Chris’s deep understanding of geospatial, software development, and data analytics enables him to connect our customers with innovative solutions that help them analyze, visualize, and understand their data. He is a creative problem solver who constantly explores novel ways to use technology to tackle complex problems. Chris’ commitment to customer success and employee empowerment keeps NT Concepts at the forefront of innovation. His ability to thoughtfully articulate and translate mission requirements into actionable results makes him invaluable in connecting customers with innovative solutions for their most complex business problems. Additionally, he manages key partnerships with NT Concepts’ commercial technology vendors, including Google.

Why do you do what you do?

I’m passionate about creating solutions that leverage our teams’ skills combined with technology to address our clients’ hardest challenges. I enjoy building relationships between staff, partners, and customers to achieve an outcome.

How do our core values inspire you?

Core values have always been important in both my personal and professional life, and at NT Concepts, we:

Welcome Entrepreneurs: Success is rooted in the entrepreneurial spirit of our team and the solutions we develop for our customers. Through teamwork and creativity, some of our most innovative ideas have been transformed into enterprise solutions that deliver mission impact to National Security.

Remember, Fun Works: In a fast-paced environment where innovation and speed of delivery always seems to be focus, the challenges can be hard. The collaborative nature of our team makes it fun to tackle new challenges each day.

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  • STEM
  • Northern Virginia Science Center
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Executive Leadership

Dan Maguire, CEO
Dan Maguire
CEO
Mark Cabrey, SVP & CFO
Mark A. Cabrey
SVP, CFO
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CTO
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NT Concepts is a technology-driven innovator. We work on the most sensitive and mission-critical programs in National Security. Our customers rely on us to solve the hard problems—we’re the people you call to solve What’s Next.

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