Valerie J. Parker

The founder built and runs this company with grit, determination and a “never, never, never give up” attitude she honed as a military BRAT. Valerie graduated high school in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Valerie graduated with honors from Georgetown University – earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Foreign Service.

By 1995 Valerie was applying finance and business development skills to win multi-billion dollar engineering and maintenance support contracts for the world’s largest independent aviation services firm. In 1998, Valerie formed Parker Group; turning her focus to acquisition management and advanced weapon system test and evaluation. Parker Group enjoyed significant growth over the next decade – leading in 2009 to Valerie’s selection as the U.S. Small Business Administration Small Business Person of the Year for Kauai, Hawaii. Parker Group continues to enhance national priority defense initiatives through innovative technology; designing end-to-end cloud-based AV solutions to distribute, record and play back real-time, synchronized mission data.