Darin Powers, President and COO of NT Concepts

Darin Powers is a Potomac Officers Club member and serves as the president and chief operating officer of NT Concepts, a Virginia-based technology innovator catering to national security customers.

Since assuming his roles in November 2017, Powers has been in charge of business growth efforts and corporate strategy and operations. He also works closely with the company’s board of directors on areas like market differentiation, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Before ascending to the role of president and COO, he had a one-year stint as NT Concepts’ senior vice president for national security solutions.

Powers is the former chief operating officer of Toffler Associates. His contributions helped the boutique strategic advisory and consulting firm quickly gain revenue, clear backlogs and increase shareholder value.

Additionally, he held vice-presidential positions at what was then DynCorp International. During that time, he led the company’s intelligence and information technology and security services business unit. DynCorp International has since been acquired by Amentum.

He began his career in the private sector with Northrop Grumman after years of active duty service with the U.S. Marine Corps, where he was appointed to various roles such as commanding officer, detachment commander, operations officer, logistics officer and communications officer.

Powers holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University and a master’s degree in space systems from the Naval Postgraduate School. He also finished a corporate strategy course from the University of Chicago and a leadership course from the University of Virginia.