Michael W. Parks — Technology Leader, Problem Solver, Lifelong Learner

01

ABOUT

Technology is the work.
Curiosity is the through-line.

My career has lived at the intersection of technology, organizations, and people. I’ve worked across IT operations, application development, infrastructure, web technology, and technical enablement — often in environments where the right answer has to be practical, dependable, and understandable.

I’m especially interested in the places where emerging technology becomes genuinely useful: AI, cloud platforms, automation, data, and business systems.

02

WORK

Where I spend my professional energy.

A

Technology Leadership

Building reliable services, guiding technical teams, and connecting technology decisions to real organizational needs.

B

Cloud & Platforms

Exploring and applying cloud services, Salesforce, automation, and modern platforms that help teams work smarter.

C

AI & Applied Innovation

Following the evolution of AI and machine learning with a bias toward practical experiments and useful outcomes.

D

Web & Digital Systems

Longtime interest in the web, application development, digital communication, and the infrastructure behind it all.

03

PERSPECTIVE

Long-term experience.
Still learning.

I’ve been working with technology long enough to see platforms, buzzwords, and “next big things” come and go. That perspective makes me both enthusiastic about new tools and appropriately skeptical of hype.

The goal is rarely technology for technology’s sake. The goal is to make something clearer, faster, safer, more capable, or simply less frustrating.

04

OFF THE CLOCK

Life beyond the help desk.

01

Sports

Following the games, the storylines, and occasionally the emotional roller coaster of fantasy football.

02

Tech Tinkering

New tools, side projects, experiments, and the irresistible urge to see whether something can be automated.

03

Learning

Cloud, AI, Python, platforms, and whatever subject happens to open the next interesting rabbit hole.

04

Atlanta

Home base — and a city where technology, education, business, sports, and community constantly overlap.

CURRENTLY CURIOUS ABOUT

AI that actually helps.

I’m interested in how generative AI and intelligent automation change everyday work — not just demos, but the practical systems, workflows, guardrails, and habits that make the technology valuable.

05

CONNECT

Say hello.

If we share an interest in technology, innovation, or solving hard problems, I’m always glad to connect.