Current
  • CEO at Parker Web
Past
  • Minority Owner at Clickitgolf.com
  • Member at Keep Charlotte Beautiful
  • Columnist at Charlotte Observer
  • Campaign Manager at Joe Stanley for US Congress
  • Vice President, Sales & Marketing; Board of Directors; Minority Owner at Conexco Communications, Inc.
  • Director of Sales & Marketing; Minority Owner at Groupware International
  • Marketing Manager at Slayton Computers
  • Owner at Parker Media
  • Shipping & Receiving Manager at Musicland - Media Play
  • Specialist E-4 at NC Army National Guard
Education
  • University of North Carolina Charlotte
  • University of North Carolina - Charlotte
  • McDowell Technical Community College
  • Appalachian State University
  • US Army Aviation & Logistics School, Ft. Eustis, VA
  • US Army, Ft Jackson, SC
  • Davie County High School, Mocksville, NC
Connections
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Industry
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Darryl Parker’s Summary

Parker Web uses a variety of tools to build a professional online presence, optimize for conversions, increase traffic and improve the ROI on its website projects. Our vision is the be the best web service firm for the Charlotte community.

Darryl Parker’s Specialties:

Custom web design and web application development; web marketing campaigns including search, email and survey systems; and analysis of efforts utilizing Google Analytics and other third party tools. We put web sites to work!


Darryl Parker’s Experience

  • CEO

    Parker Web

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    April 2002Present (6 years 2 months)

    Our vision is to be the best web services firm for the Charlotte community. Parker Web is ranked regionally as a Top 25 Web Design Firm by the Charlotte Business Journal.

  • Minority Owner

    Clickitgolf.com

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    October 2002April 2008 (5 years 7 months)

    Owner and consultant for business operations surrounding Clickitgolf.com and associated B2B golf industry services.

  • Member

    Keep Charlotte Beautiful

    (Government Relations industry)

    November 2005July 2007 (1 year 9 months)

    A committee of the Charlotte City Council compiled of citizen volunteers appointed by the Mayor and members of City Council. Our objective is to advise on the maintainance and improvement of the cleanliness of the Charlotte community in conjunction with Code Enforcement and Neighborhood Development.

  • Columnist

    Charlotte Observer

    (Public Company; Newspapers industry)

    October 2006February 2007 (5 months)

    A weekly local history column appearing on Sundays in the South Mecklenburg Neighbors section. Had to pause for a bit because we are so busy at work!

  • Campaign Manager

    Joe Stanley for US Congress

    (Political Organization industry)

    April 2004September 2004 (6 months)

    Managed all aspects of a 2004 campaign for candidate Joe Stanley seeking to Represent Florida's 9th Congressional District.

  • Vice President, Sales & Marketing; Board of Directors; Minority Owner

    Conexco Communications, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

    June 2000April 2002 (1 year 11 months)

    Contract negotiation and acquisition with Time Warner, Comcast, Cox, AT&T and other top 100 cable franchises throughout the US. Additional duties included the creation and maintenance of an online operations management system.

  • Director of Sales & Marketing; Minority Owner

    Groupware International

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

    January 1999June 2000 (1 year 6 months)

    Contract negotiation and acquisition with Time Warner, Comcast, Cox, AT&T and other top 100 cable franchises throughout the US. Additional duties included the creation and maintenance of an online operations management system. When I came on board we had 26 employees, 2 offices and $700K a year in revenue. When I left 18 months later, we had 13 offices, over 400 employees and $15M a year in revenue.

  • Marketing Manager

    Slayton Computers

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

    April 1998December 1998 (9 months)

    Responsible for shift from a primarily product-based revenue to a more balanced service to product revenue. Accomplished by negotiating cable modem installation contract with Charlotte's Time Warner Cable.

  • Owner

    Parker Media

    (Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)

    August 1996December 1998 (2 years 5 months)

    Web site design and build.

  • Shipping & Receiving Manager

    Musicland - Media Play

    (Internet industry)

    19951996 (1 year)

  • Specialist E-4

    NC Army National Guard

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

    November 1987April 1991 (3 years 6 months)

    Part-Time Nov 1987 - Apr 1991, Blackhawk helicopter mechanic, MOS; worked on UH-1H Huey, OH-58 Kiowa Scouts. Weekend drills and weapons training.

    Full-time Oct 1989 - Apr 1990, Clerk, E-Co 130th Avn

    Full-time Apr 1990 - Jan 1991, Assistant to the Anti-Narcotic Task Force Coordinator for the State of NC, State Army Aviation Officer, Colonel Leslie T. Everett. Flew & coordinated anti-narcotic missions throughout North Carolina. NC National Guard HQ, Raleigh.

    Full-time Jan 1991 - Apr 1991, Assistant to the SAAO, assisted in deployment of NC troop and equipment assets for Desert Storm. NC National Guard HQ, Raleigh.


Darryl Parker’s Education

  • University of North Carolina Charlotte

    BS, Computer Science, January 2003December 2006

    Part-time towards finishing BS.

  • University of North Carolina - Charlotte

    Computer Science August 1996June 1997

  • McDowell Technical Community College

    General June 1993May 1994

  • Appalachian State University

    August 1988May 1992

    Full time first year; thereafter sporadic attendance during military duty and other responsibilities.

  • US Army Aviation & Logistics School, Ft. Eustis, VA

    Honors, 67T10 Tactical Transport Helicopter Repair, May 1989September 1989

  • US Army, Ft Jackson, SC

    Basic Training June 1988August 1988

  • Davie County High School, Mocksville, NC

    General May 1988


Additional Information

Darryl Parker’s Websites:

Darryl Parker’s Interests:

business opportunities, gardening, genealogy, sustainable living, local farming and foods, family

Darryl Parker’s Groups:

Web Analytics Association,
Google Adwords Certified Professional,
Matthews Chamber,
Cabarrus Regional Chamber,
Mint Hill Chamber,
Gaston Chamber,

First Families of South Carolina,
Sons of the American Revolution,
The Order of the Crown of Charlemagne,
American Mensa, Republican Party, Slow Food Charlotte

  •    Mensa member
  •    LinkedSEO member
  •    DataShaping member
  •    LinktoCharlotte member
  •    Web Analytics Association member
  •    Internet Technology Hub member
  •    Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo member
  •    eMarketing Group member
  •    Online Advertising Professionals member
  •    Search Marketing Salon member
  •    E-Commerce Solutions member
  •    Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics member
  •    iMatthews member
  •    Charlotte's Web member

Darryl Parker’s Honors:

"Best Small Law Firm Web Site"
by NC Lawyers Weekly (2007)

"Breakfast Club Winners"
by WBTV - Charlotte (2007)

"Top 25 Web Developers"
by Charlotte Business Journal each year since 2004


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