Robert A. Parks Jr.

Director of Information Technology

raparks@icloud.com
+1 213 451 3434
Milford, Connecticut, United States
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Professional Summary

IT Director with 30+ years of experience and a 16-year track record of leadership at Advanced Radiology Consultants. Recognized for building and sustaining a stable, high-performing IT team while guiding technology strategy for a 300+ employee healthcare practice. Combines deep expertise in healthcare IT and imaging systems with a forward-looking approach to security, cloud, and infrastructure modernization. An enthusiastic adopter of AI, regularly applying AI-assisted tools and coding to accelerate innovation, streamline operations, and deliver value in both enterprise and personal projects. Known for long-term commitment, consistent execution, and translating emerging technology into measurable business outcomes.

Experience

Advanced Radiology Consultants • Southwestern Connecticut

Director of Information Technology • Jan 2015 – Present

  • Lead a team of 6–10 IT professionals supporting an 8-site, 300+ employee radiology practice, reporting directly to the CEO
  • Achieved lowest departmental turnover across the organization, ensuring consistent service delivery and knowledge retention
  • Partner daily with C-suite, physicians, and clinical/support staff to align IT initiatives with business strategy
  • Create reusable AI skills for Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Google Antigravity CLI, Grok Build, and other tools to streamline recurring IT tasks
  • Develop and maintain IT policies and procedures
  • Conduct annual Security Risk Assessments
  • Direct IT components of office build-outs, relocations, and expansions
  • Implemented IntelePACS 5.8.1 R42 and Fluency for Imaging Reporting 5.5.1.21446 in 2026 to support teleradiology reads for clinical partners
  • Oversaw deployment of EDR, MFA, and RMM enterprise-wide
  • Directed the implementation of cloud-augmented storage appliances with immutable backup for DR/BC readiness
  • Introduced and operationalized AI-assisted image processing algorithms
  • Championed hyperconverged infrastructure adoption and refresh cycles
  • Partnered with marketing team and external creative agency to launch refreshed public website using WordPress on Amazon Lightsail
  • Built a serverless HIPAA-compliant call transcription platform using Amazon Transcribe, AWS Lambda, and API Gateway with automated speaker diarization, MFA, and A+ security ratings
  • Developed a serverless radiology template conversion tool on AWS enabling bidirectional template migration between Nuance PowerScribe and Fluency for Imaging Reporting
  • Replaced commercial digital signage platform ($857/month) with Raspberry Pi 5 devices connected to AWS S3, reducing recurring costs to near-zero while maintaining functionality
  • Directed enterprise phone system migration from Mitel to HostedBiz/Opti9 with Bandwidth.com SIP services, achieving a seamless cutover with zero operational impact
  • Implement email authentication infrastructure (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) across multiple domains using Amazon SES and Microsoft 365 with strict enforcement policies
  • Migrated 19+ million documents (2.16 TB) to S3 Glacier Deep Archive with multi-region redundancy for long-term retention at approximately $5/month
  • Implemented JAMF for centralized iPad management
  • Delivered Windows 11 Enterprise upgrade to 300 endpoints in under 3 weeks via custom imaging process
  • Deep expertise in PACS, DICOM, and imaging workflows
  • Manage 7-figure annual IT budget
  • Completed 15+ AI/Cloud training courses; leverage AI-assisted tools to optimize team productivity

Information Technology Manager • Mar 2014 – Jan 2015 (11 months)

  • Supervised 2 Systems Administrators and supported core line-of-business systems
  • Promoted to Director in less than one year

Sr. Systems Administrator • Jun 2010 – Mar 2014 (3 years 10 months)

  • Supported Microsoft/Linux environments on VMware, Intelerad IntelePACS, PowerScribe 360, and MedInformatix RIS
  • Awarded Employee of the Month within first year

Boyce Systems (acquired by BS&A Software) • Muncie, Indiana

Network/Software Engineer • Jul 2008 – Jun 2010 (2 years)

  • Installed and supported Komputrol solutions for local government and K-12 clients
  • Managed Microsoft AD, Exchange, SQL, and server infrastructure
  • Implemented and managed Internet-based backup and disaster recovery

Medical Consultants (acquired by IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital) • Muncie, Indiana

IT Support Specialist • Jun 2007 - Jul 2008 (1 year 2 months)

  • Provided IT support for 40 physicians and 200 staff across five clinics
  • Managed servers, AD, Group Policy, Exchange, and core clinical systems
  • Led technology procurement and vendor coordination

Equity Office Properties Trust (acquired by Blackstone) • Chicago, Illinois

Sr. Network Administrator • Sep 2005 - Sep 2006 (1 year 1 month)

  • Team member supporting Enterprise Technologies environment including 300 physical and virtual servers
  • Significant contributor to Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity planning and testing
  • Selected from an IT department of 120 to be part of a six-member, cross-discipline team dedicated to departmental improvement

Deltec Solutions (acquired by The AME Group) • Muncie, Indiana

Client Services Team Manager • Aug 2004 - Sep 2005 (1 year 2 months)

  • Led an Information Technology team providing day-to-day IT support and consulting services to external small and medium business customers
  • Technical lead for Active Directory and Exchange migration at subsidiary of publicly-traded company

Universal Access, Inc. • Chicago, Illinois

Sr. Systems Engineer • Dec 2002 - Jul 2004 (1 year 8 months)

  • Team member supporting day-to-day IT operations, including server support, network monitoring, application deployment, and tape backup
  • Led company's migration from Microsoft Windows NT domain to Active Directory
  • Deployed VMware to host virtual Windows servers for development and quality assurance testing

eLinear, Inc. • Houston, Texas

Citrix MetaFrame XP and NFuse Implementation • Sep 2002 - Oct 2002 (2 months, Contract)

  • Deployed Citrix MetaFrame XP and NFuse Classic for Camden Property Trust
  • Projected 100% return on initial hardware and software investment within first year based on dramatically reduced task completion times at remote offices

Deltec Solutions (acquired by The AME Group) • Muncie, Indiana

Systems Engineer • Mar 2001 - Sep 2002 (1 year 7 months)

  • Provided consulting, support and installation of customers' Information Technology needs
  • Supported Windows Server, Terminal Services, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server and Novell NetWare
  • Enhanced existing support processes by initiating new documentation standards and templates

Commerx, Inc. • Greater Chicago Area

Systems Engineer • Feb 2000 - Jan 2001 (1 year)

  • Member of E-commerce Systems Group that built, documented, supported and monitored web, database and application servers for 24x7 e-commerce environment
  • Supported Microsoft Windows Server, Internet Information Server, SQL Server, and Allaire ColdFusion
  • Acted as primary systems engineer for MS SQL cluster issues and upgrades

Equity Office Properties Trust (acquired by Blackstone) • Chicago, Illinois

Manager - Corporate Network Operations • Mar 1998 - Nov 1999 (1 year 9 months)

  • Began as team member and later promoted to manage team providing installation and support of approximately sixty-five corporate office file servers
  • Supported Novell NetWare, Microsoft Windows Server, Citrix MetaFrame and IBM OS/400
  • Maintained Compaq ProLiant and Dell PowerEdge servers

Deltec Solutions (acquired by The AME Group) • Muncie, Indiana

Network Engineer • Jun 1991 - Mar 1998 (6 years 10 months)

  • Installed, supported and maintained Novell NetWare and Microsoft Windows NT-based PC networks for clients in Indiana and Ohio
  • Began prior to start of college, worked through all college breaks, and continued after leaving college

Education

Harding University • 1992 - 1994

Computer Science

Recent Training

AI & Machine Learning (2024)

  • AI Foundations for Everyone Specialization (IBM)
  • Digital Transformation Using AI/ML with Google Cloud Specialization
  • Managing Machine Learning Projects with Google Cloud
  • Generative AI Essentials (Coursera)
  • Generative AI: Introduction and Applications (IBM)
  • Building AI Powered Chatbots Without Programming (IBM)
  • Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Honors (IBM)
  • Introduction to Generative AI (Google Cloud)
  • Introduction to Large Language Models (Google Cloud)
  • Introduction to Responsible AI (Google Cloud)
  • Introduction to AI in the Data Center (NVIDIA)
  • Amazon Bedrock Getting Started (AWS)
  • A Crash Course in Data Science (Johns Hopkins University)

Cloud Computing (2024)

  • AWS Cloud Technical Essentials (Amazon Web Services)
  • Digital Transformation with Google Cloud
  • Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud

Cybersecurity (2024)

  • Career Essentials in Cybersecurity by Microsoft and LinkedIn
  • Career Essentials in Generative AI by Microsoft and LinkedIn

Enterprise Systems & Infrastructure

  • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5]
  • Red Hat System Administration I (RH124)
  • Red Hat System Administration II (RH135)

Business Management

  • American Management Association's 5-Day "MBA" Workshop

Recent Events

Professional Development & Training Attended (2026)

  • AWS AI Security Symposium NYC

Professional Development & Training Attended (2025)

Core Technical Skills

Leadership & Management

  • Technology Management
  • Team Leadership (6-10 IT professionals)
  • Budget Management (7-figure annual budget)
  • Vendor Management
  • Project Management

Healthcare IT Expertise

  • PACS Systems (Primary: Intelerad IntelePACS, Sectra; Additional: Novarad, Merge PACS, CoActiv)
  • Image Sharing Networks (Nuance PowerShare, Ambra Health)
  • Radiology Information Systems (MedInformatix RIS, Epic Radiant)
  • PowerScribe 360 Reporting
  • Medical imaging workflows
  • Healthcare compliance and security

Infrastructure & Systems

  • Windows Server Administration
  • VMware vSphere & Virtualization
  • Active Directory & Group Policy
  • Microsoft Exchange & Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Linux Administration (Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu)

Cybersecurity

  • Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Security Risk Assessment
  • Information Security Awareness
  • Threat & Vulnerability Management

Development & Automation

  • PowerShell scripting for software deployment
  • AI-assisted development workflows
  • GitHub version control
  • AWS serverless architecture
  • WordPress deployment and support
  • Google Analytics implementation and reporting

Professional Achievements

  • 16+ years at Advanced Radiology Consultants with progressive career growth
  • Team Retention: Maintained exceptional team stability with industry-low turnover
  • Deployed AI-assisted image processing algorithms in production radiology workflows
  • Modernized enterprise infrastructure including hyperconverged systems
  • Strengthened cybersecurity posture with EDR, MFA, and regular risk assessments
  • Directed IT operations for a complex healthcare environment with 300+ staff
  • Completed 15+ recent courses in AI, ML, and cloud computing

Recent Personal Projects

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  • 3CX VoIP System Deployment - Deployed a 3CX phone system on AWS EC2 with Amazon Chime Voice Connector for SIP connectivity. Achieved 100% uptime in the first year at a fraction of the cost of commercial hosted VoIP providers.
  • Free Contact QR Code Generator - Generate contact QR codes.
  • Thanks But Nope - Polite AI-generated vendor decline generator tool.
  • Personal Shortlink Redirector - Custom URL shortening service.
  • F1 Calendar - Formula 1 race calendar application.
  • Interactive Slide Rule - Historical engineering calculator demonstration.
  • Bob's Debit Card - Real-time public transaction feed via webhook integration.
  • Tech & AI Blog - Launched January 2026; 200+ posts in under six months, with sub-200ms page loads worldwide and A+ security ratings.
  • Hearsay - Built a privacy-focused Windows desktop transcription tool that records system audio and microphone input and transcribes in real time using OpenAI's Whisper model running locally.
  • Claude Code Cost Meter - Built a multi-user, serverless AWS web service that meters the API-equivalent cost of Claude Code usage via OpenTelemetry. In my own first 30 days it logged ~$3,960 of usage on a $200/month Max 20x plan — nearly twenty times the subscription price.
  • Agentic Email Platform - Built a serverless AWS system (Amazon SES, Lambda, DynamoDB) that gives AI coding agents their own email identities and a REST API to send and receive mail, rendering Markdown into styled HTML and enforcing strict DMARC with layered prompt-injection guardrails.
  • okf-author - Built a cross-agent skill and Claude Code plugin that authors, converts, and validates Markdown in Google Cloud's Open Knowledge Format (OKF), the vendor-neutral spec for giving AI agents curated context. Ships a dependency-free OKF v0.1 conformance validator and installs in both Claude Code and Codex.
  • Sync My Watch - Built an ad-free tool for setting mechanical and other analog watches to the exact second, using an animated dial synchronized with AWS edge time. Created in a single afternoon out of my fascination with watches.

Professional Eligibility & Availability

Eligibility: US citizen; open to relocation nationwide; flexible for onsite, hybrid, or remote work; available for extensive travel.