Jay Parker

Jay Parker, Vice Chancellor of Information Technology, is an information technology professional with more than 25 years of experience in higher education and more than 17 years in leadership roles. Prior to joining University of Arkansas Grantham, Parker served as the Director of Technology for the UA System eVersity, Arkansas's first fully-online university. His previous IT leadership roles include positions at UA Little Rock and Mississippi State University. Outside of higher education, Parker worked at a Wall Street investment bank as a professional services consultant for Red Hat, one of the world’s leading open-source software companies. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Mississippi State University.