Parker enjoys the challenge of subverting the intended functionality of systems and is an active participant in CTF Competitions. At the most recent RSA Conference he attended in 2017, he took 1st place in both the SANS NetWars Tournament and SANS One-Hour CTF competitions. He is also a GIAC certified Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN).Parker currently works as an consulting contractor, performing network penetration testing and social engineering. He is an experienced communicator with the Toastmasters Advanced Communicator Gold (ACG) certification, and has developed and led training programs for teams in cyber defense and CTF competitions.