[12] He served five years on active duty in the Marine Corps, where he attained the rank of captain and deployed to Bosnia, the Horn of Africa, and Iraq.

[13] In 2006, he provided written testimony to the Iraq Study Group and authored an article about the Iraqi Military Intelligence Academy in Proceedings, the professional journal of the US Navy.

[15] [16] While an undergraduate at UNC in 2001,[17]Barcott founded Carolina for Kibera (CFK) in Kenya with Salim Mohamed and Tabitha Atieno Festo.

CFK started as a small inter-ethnic soccer program and medical clinic run out of Festo's ten-by-ten foot shack.

[19] Barcott and Dan McCready co-founded Double Time Capital in 2013 as an impact investment firm focused on clean energy and sustainability.

[21][22] Prior to forming Double Time Capital, Barcott worked as a special advisor to the CEO and chairman of Duke Energy, Jim Rogers.

[23] Barcott delivered the 2007 commencement address to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health.

[26] He is an annual speaker at the US Marine Corps' Battles Won Academy for Semper Fidelis high school student all-Americans.