When Mark Cabrey joined NT Concepts in 2019, he brought more than 25 years of contracting and operational experience — and a quiet drive to transform the company’s trajectory.
Now, as NT Concepts’ newly appointed CEO, he’s building on six years of success as chief operating officer and chief financial officer while steering the mid-tier defense and intelligence innovator through an era defined by advanced AI engineering, analytics and digital modernization.
“I am honored to lead our exceptional team into our next phase of growth,” Cabrey said. “We are an agile, resilient mid-tier firm laser-focused on accelerating mission outcomes through cutting-edge technology that advances national priorities.”
Founder and Executive Chair Michele Bolos described Cabrey as “an exceptional leader in every respect,” noting his “deep understanding of our customers’ challenges, genuine focus on people empowerment, and commitment to innovation and operational excellence.”
For Cabrey, the next chapter is about both continuity and acceleration — extending NT Concepts’ legacy of trust and decisive mission impact into the AI-enabled future.
“Together, we will continue to build on NT Concepts’ legacy of trust, technical excellence and decisive mission impact,” he said.
From financial steward to strategic accelerator
Since joining NT Concepts, Cabrey has helped architect its transformation from a contracting-oriented business to a proactive, tech-forward leader strategically positioned across digital modernization, decision advantage and dynamic overmatch. He built efficiency gains that enabled a more forward-leaning posture and assumed management responsibility for the company’s largest contract within his second year.
That contract — supporting the Commander Navy Installations Command Housing Division — was recently recompeted and re-awarded to NT Concepts in the largest win of the company’s 27-year history. The CNIC Housing Division oversees housing and related services for military personnel, civilians and contractors at hundreds of military bases worldwide.
Cabrey said such milestones are possible because of the company’s mission-minded, high-performing teams.
“Our trajectory is now focused on being a strategic accelerator — defining direction, clearing obstacles and forging client and industry partnerships,” he said.
Accelerating growth through AI and modernization
Under Cabrey’s leadership, NT Concepts invests in adversarial AI, predictive intelligence and digital modernization — areas central to readiness in contested, data-intensive environments.
“Our focus is on fielding proven, mission-aligned AI technologies that not only inform operations but actively defend against adversarial interference,” he said. “We are scaling solutions that enable our customers to act faster, smarter and with unmatched precision and confidence at the point of need.”
A decade of operational hardening, he said, allows NT Concepts to field “adversarial AI-as-a-service that accelerates mission tempo and erodes adversary freedom — our reusable mission dominance engine.” This capability transforms AI from a fragile analytic tool into a defended, continuously validated mission asset, he said.
Recent multiservice wins have underscored the momentum, spanning predictive logistics for the Army and adversarial AI initiatives across the Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy. Cabrey attributes these achievements to a decisive shift as government and industry decision-makers move toward fieldable tech, rapid acquisition cycles, and mission-aligned delivery.
He credits NT Concepts’ long-standing use of nontraditional acquisition pathways — such as OTAs and SBIR transitions — for its agility.
“This approach aligns perfectly with our innovation ethos,” he said. “Our teams are passionate about rapidly standing up leading-edge tech, fielding it and executing a fail-fast exploitation cycle — kill what doesn’t hold, scale what does — that’s where you see cycle time collapse and mission advantage materialize faster.”
Looking ahead, Cabrey has three top priorities: accelerate technology transitions, scale NT Concepts’ core tech portfolio, and increase what he calls “talent velocity.”
“It’s not just about attracting talent quickly — it’s about aligning people with the mission, accelerating their growth, and positioning them to make an immediate, meaningful impact,” he said. “By offering the professional development they crave, we ensure their skills evolve as fast as the tech.”
Service beyond the boardroom
For the past six years, Cabrey has served on the executive committee of the Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic board, where he now acts as treasurer and chair of the audit and finance committee.
“A strong desire to help critically ill children and their families is what led me to join MAWMA,” Cabrey said. “Being involved with the organization and experiencing the impact of our mission and the transformative power of a wish is incredibly fulfilling.”
Among his proudest initiatives was the creation of Operation Dream Maker, launched in 2021 along with Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic CEO Lesli Creedon with the support of Amentum. This special fund provides wishes to children battling critical illnesses whose parents and guardians serve, or have served, in the military.
This affinity fund has now raised over $1.3 million with the support of other corporate partners (Allegis Group, AT&T, CACI, Cisco Systems, Client Solutions Architects, RBR Technologies, RingCentral, Serco, SC&H Group, Inc. and the TowerCares Foundation) and granted 125 wishes to date for children of current and former service members.
Cabrey also mentors through the nonprofit CFO Rising organization, which supports finance professionals on their journey to become effective CFOs.
“My involvement originated from my close relationship with the founders, who approached me in 2021 asking if launching this initiative was strategically sound. I could not have answered ‘yes’ fast enough,” he said.
Through CFO Rising, Cabrey helps emerging financial leaders develop the relationships and core competencies needed for success in their careers.
“The opportunity to identify and promote the continual need for emerging financial talent in our market, in concert with the increasing demands and expanding scope of the CFO role, was something I really wanted to champion,” he said.