Full Name
William J. Parker III
Job Title
CEO
Company
Parker Maritime Technologies, LLC
Speaker Bio
Dr. William J. Parker III: Founder, Parker Maritime Technologies
Dr. William J. Parker III is an entrepreneur, inventor, and national security leader with over thirty-five years of experience in the maritime industry and international conflict resolution.
He is a retired senior U.S. naval officer who after retirement from the military served as the President and CEO of the EastWest Institute and National Defense University Foundation before founding Parker Maritime Technologies.
He holds a PhD from George Mason University’s Department of Molecular and Microbiology, an MPA from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a Bachelor of Science from the United States Air Force Academy, where he was a distinguished military graduate and class president.
An award-winning author, Dr. Parker has published over thirty articles and co-authored the books Jihadist Strategic Communication and Guaranteeing America’s Security in the Twenty-First Century.
He appears in the 2016 Emmy-winning documentary, Sonic Sea.Dr. Parker is an accomplished speaker and frequent guest commentator in the global media on issues of national security and the global economy. He has lectured at several dozen national and international venues including The Hague, The International Counter Terror Symposium at Windsor Castle in London, Columbia University, Tufts University, Columbia Law School, New York University, Harvard University, Bard College, the College of Charleston, the Armed Forces Staff College, Metropolitan State University-Denver, numerous Turkish, Russian, Armenian, Colombian, Chilean, and Mexican locations, and dozens of other colleges and universities worldwide. He has guest-lectured at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he is a life member and former military fellow.
Parker is a qualified military parachutist and Surface Warfare Officer with a long list of awards, including the Bronze Star, three Legions of Merit, and the Department of State Meritorious Honor award.
During more than three decades in uniform, he served as the Chief of Staff for U.S. Naval Surface Forces, commanded three warships, and a squadron of warships, and was the 2009 recipient of the Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadership. He was the U.S. Navy’s Military Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. In addition to multiple combat tours, he held the post of senior advisor and strategist with the U.S. embassies in Iraq and Pakistan.
He is a life member of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Council on Foreign Relations, Explorers Club, National Defense Transportation Association, Surface Navy Association, Naval Historical Foundation, U.S. Naval Institute, Military Officers Association of America, New York Athletic Club, Harvard Club, and the Army and Navy Club.
Executive Leadership PositionsPresident and CEO, Parker Maritime TechnologiesPresident, PARMEY ConsultingPresident and CEO, EastWest InstituteCo-Founder, Quieter OceansPresident and CEO, National Defense University FoundationChief of Staff, U.S. Naval Surface ForcesCommodore, Destroyer Squadron Two ThreeCommanding Officer, USS Donald CookCommanding Officer, USS ZephyrCommanding Officer, USS Whirlwind
AcademicsPhD: George Mason University’s Department of Molecular and Microbiology.MPA: Harvard’s John F Kennedy School of Government. Moreau Scholar.Bachelor of Science: United States Air Force Academy; distinguished military graduate & class president.
Leadership:Vice Admiral James Stockdale Award for Inspirational LeadershipDistinguished Military Graduate: U.S. Air Force AcademyHeadmasters Trophy: Outstanding Academic, Military and Athletic GraduateAcademicMoreau Scholar, Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of GovernmentMilitary Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsClass President and Distinguished Military Graduate, U.S. Air Force Academy MoviesEmmy Award: Best Nature Documentary for Sonic Sea
Dr. William J. Parker III is an entrepreneur, inventor, and national security leader with over thirty-five years of experience in the maritime industry and international conflict resolution.
He is a retired senior U.S. naval officer who after retirement from the military served as the President and CEO of the EastWest Institute and National Defense University Foundation before founding Parker Maritime Technologies.
He holds a PhD from George Mason University’s Department of Molecular and Microbiology, an MPA from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a Bachelor of Science from the United States Air Force Academy, where he was a distinguished military graduate and class president.
An award-winning author, Dr. Parker has published over thirty articles and co-authored the books Jihadist Strategic Communication and Guaranteeing America’s Security in the Twenty-First Century.
He appears in the 2016 Emmy-winning documentary, Sonic Sea.Dr. Parker is an accomplished speaker and frequent guest commentator in the global media on issues of national security and the global economy. He has lectured at several dozen national and international venues including The Hague, The International Counter Terror Symposium at Windsor Castle in London, Columbia University, Tufts University, Columbia Law School, New York University, Harvard University, Bard College, the College of Charleston, the Armed Forces Staff College, Metropolitan State University-Denver, numerous Turkish, Russian, Armenian, Colombian, Chilean, and Mexican locations, and dozens of other colleges and universities worldwide. He has guest-lectured at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he is a life member and former military fellow.
Parker is a qualified military parachutist and Surface Warfare Officer with a long list of awards, including the Bronze Star, three Legions of Merit, and the Department of State Meritorious Honor award.
During more than three decades in uniform, he served as the Chief of Staff for U.S. Naval Surface Forces, commanded three warships, and a squadron of warships, and was the 2009 recipient of the Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadership. He was the U.S. Navy’s Military Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. In addition to multiple combat tours, he held the post of senior advisor and strategist with the U.S. embassies in Iraq and Pakistan.
He is a life member of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Council on Foreign Relations, Explorers Club, National Defense Transportation Association, Surface Navy Association, Naval Historical Foundation, U.S. Naval Institute, Military Officers Association of America, New York Athletic Club, Harvard Club, and the Army and Navy Club.
Executive Leadership PositionsPresident and CEO, Parker Maritime TechnologiesPresident, PARMEY ConsultingPresident and CEO, EastWest InstituteCo-Founder, Quieter OceansPresident and CEO, National Defense University FoundationChief of Staff, U.S. Naval Surface ForcesCommodore, Destroyer Squadron Two ThreeCommanding Officer, USS Donald CookCommanding Officer, USS ZephyrCommanding Officer, USS Whirlwind
AcademicsPhD: George Mason University’s Department of Molecular and Microbiology.MPA: Harvard’s John F Kennedy School of Government. Moreau Scholar.Bachelor of Science: United States Air Force Academy; distinguished military graduate & class president.
Leadership:Vice Admiral James Stockdale Award for Inspirational LeadershipDistinguished Military Graduate: U.S. Air Force AcademyHeadmasters Trophy: Outstanding Academic, Military and Athletic GraduateAcademicMoreau Scholar, Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of GovernmentMilitary Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsClass President and Distinguished Military Graduate, U.S. Air Force Academy MoviesEmmy Award: Best Nature Documentary for Sonic Sea
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