Jeffrey L Parker
Business Bio

Co-Founder of Parker Electronics, Inc.

Jacksonville, Florida
1980

• Led and negotiated the financings to start Parker Electronics and secure the investment and the joint venture partner Carrier Air Conditioning Corporation.
• Parker Electronics developed some of the most advanced Air Conditioning electronics and control systems.
• Co-lead to recruit engineering team that developed some of the first digital commercial and residential thermostats and other electronic A/C control systems.
• Named and lead Inventor on patents for the first small and medium commercial building and residential zone control systems that enabled every room (zone) to have independent temperature control from a single heating/air conditioning system. The system became known as VVT, variable volume / variable temperature systems, and became a de facto A/C industry standard.
• Co-lead to recruit an engineering team that developed one of the first custom semiconductor chips to combine analog and digital electronic circuitry on a single semiconductor die. The Parker Electronics’ custom chips became the foundation for product lines of digital thermostats, air conditioning system controllers, electronically controlled room air flow controllers, electronic pressure and airflow sensors, remote building diagnostics, etc.
• Led the setup of sales and marketing of Parker Electronics products sold through Carrier Corporation distribution in the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Hong Kong.
• Parker Electronics was acquired by United Technologies Carrier Corporation in 1989.

Co-Founder of ParkerVision, Inc.

Jacksonville, Florida
1990

ParkerVision Automated Camera and Live Television Broadcast News Systems:

• Led the financings to start ParkerVision and ultimately take ParkerVision public on the NASDAQ.
• Led recruitment of the ParkerVision Management team.
• ParkerVision invented and patented the first professional auto-tracking video camera system that eliminated the need for a camera operator. Tradenamed “CameraMan” the system was used extensively in distance education, teleconferencing, and in broadcast television news studios.
• ParkerVision technologies evolved into a complete live television broadcast news system that became known as PVTV Studio.
• PVTV was installed throughout newsrooms in North America including those owned by; ABC Network, CableVision, Media General, Clear Channel, Ackerly Broadcast Group, McGraw Hill, Canadian Broadcast Channel (CBC), and others
• PVTV and CameraMan generated over $100 Million in revenue and was ultimately acquired by Thomson Electronics’ Grass Valley Broadcast Group of France.
• Thomson was later awarded an Emmy Award for technological leadership in the broadcast television industry for the PVTV system. Thomson credited the technological advances to ParkerVision.
• Named inventor on numerous patents for innovations in automated camera tracking systems and live television news production.

ParkerVision RF Wireless Circuits, Transceivers, RF Power Amplification, and Other Communication Innovations:

• Co-lead on the formation and appointed the lead Engineering Manager of a dedicated R&D group exclusively focused on advancing the science of RF transceivers – ParkerVision Advanced R&D (AR&D) Wireless Communications R&D.
• Acquired Signal Technologies of Orlando Florida to expand the capabilities of the AR&D group and to build internal ParkerVision wireless semiconductor chip design capabilities.
• Led the financings to support the wireless R&D, semiconductor chip development, and sales and marketing activities resulting in over $300 Million invested and the grant of more than 200 patents related to wireless communications worldwide.
• Chaired the ParkerVision Board of Directors since inception. Recruited technology and financial industry leaders to serve on the ParkerVision Board.
• Led ParkerVision’s patent enforcement activities since 2011.