Dr. Reginald Parker is Founder of Optimal Technology Corporation. Optimal is an award-winning, venture-backed energy solutions provider lowering the energy bills of customers with proprietary hardware and software products.

Dr. Parker has more than 25 years of experience in technology design and management. He has developed or co-developed over 15 clean energy and manufacturing technologies, commercialized material and renewable energy technologies, developed and implemented successful business plans, and optimized manufacturing processes and products. He has commercialized over $60 million in new products and optimized technology for a $600 million business unit while at Rohm and Hass (now Dow). Dr. Parker served as a consultant on a successful B2C implementation strategy for a major airline and worked on a growth plan for a large municipality while at BCG.

Dr. Parker developed a nanobiocomposite which can be used as a semiconductor, solar material, conductive paste, and a structural enhancer. Dr. Parker developed two associated manufacturing process which can be used on a wide class of nanomaterials. Dr. Parker also invented an machine learning algorithm that predicted the move of foreign exchange rates 91.2% of the time.

A former university professor at Morehouse, FAMU, FSU, and UND for 8 years, Dr. Parker has distinguished himself as a thought leader in business, engineering, and commercialization. Dr. Parker graduated one Ph.D. and four MS students, managed a 14-person research group, was a co-PI on a $2.5 million IDIQ research contract with the Army Research Laboratory, and received several awards for his work as an academician. He was a GEM Fellow, NASA Fellow, NCEA Fellow, Kodak Fellow, Beta Gamma Sigma Inductee, Delores Auzenne Fellow, GA Tech Tower Awardee, GA Tech PPA Fellow, Moot Corp Fellow, MIT’s Karl Taylor Compton Awardee, MIT’s William L. Stewart Awardee, Mobil Scholar, a 3M Scholar, and Who's Who Worldwide.

Dr. Parker has written several papers in Journals and conferences on materials and modeling. He has held executive positions including CEO and President for 510nano, Chairman of 510DC, Manager for 510REPP One, CTO for Nanotailor Inc., a Board Member for Mathematical Modeling Inc., Consultant at BCG, Sr. Research Engineer at Rohm and Haas, and. President of BITS LLC.

Dr. Parker earned three degrees in Engineering and one in Business Administration:

1. BS in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1992)
2. MS in Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (1995)
3. PhD in Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2000)
4. MBA in Finance, Florida State University (2000)

Historical achievements
2020
MIT Black Graduating Class Keynote Speaker
GfS: Atlanta Founder Academy
Microsoft for Startups, Google for Startups: AFA, Airtable for Startups, Digital Ocean Hatch

2019
JV 100MW solar project
Big Launch 2nd place
Make In LA Hardware Bootcamp Cohort
Winner of Clean and Smart Grid at CA Climate Cup
Backstage Capital Accelerator, Founders Gym

2018
Google for Startups (GfS) Demo Day Winner
First Flight Itineraries Speaker
Agora Partnership, Mentor Capital Network

2017
IEEE PowerAfrica 2017 Keynote Speaker

2016
Bob Wright Symposium Invited Speaker
Ocean Exchange Finalist
CED TVC & Big Launch Semifinalist

2006-2015
PIS/ Sold 40 kW of solar in Deerfield, MA
PIS 121 kW of solar power in Los Gatos, CA
US Pat. 8333949
50 Most Important African Americans In Technology
US Pat. App 13019021
US Pat. App 12800449
Invented hybrid solar energy technology
Invented a low concentrated PV technology
Invented nano-structuring technology
Invented nano-particle deposition technology
US Pat. App 11607018, US Pat. App 11633605, &
US Pat. App 11607017