Accepting new engagements · Hot Springs, AR · Remote

Your data exists. Your decisions shouldn't wait for it. Maps, dashboards & automation for
organizations that run on complex data.

Your organization is sitting on valuable data trapped in spreadsheets, static PDFs, and manual processes no one has time to fix. That's not a data problem — it's an infrastructure problem. Parker & Vale builds the spatial tools, automation pipelines, and dashboards that turn operational data into decisions.

What we deliver
Live
interactive maps replacing static PDFs and one-off GIS exports
~40%
reduction in manual reporting time via automation pipelines
$0
additional headcount to scale operational reporting
Real
federal compliance fluency — MPO, FTA, NTD, grant audit-ready
▲ The problem

Your data is trapped in formats no one can act on

PDFs, static maps, annual reports, spreadsheets with no owner. Decision-makers are flying partially blind, and staff spends hours compiling information that should update automatically.

◆ The gap

GIS firms don't do automation. Tech firms don't know your domain.

Spatial consultants know maps. Automation firms know workflows. Almost no one understands how those two layers intersect inside a grant-funded agency, a small nonprofit, or a regional planning body.

● The position

We sit exactly at that intersection.

Parker & Vale combines deep domain knowledge in transportation and public-sector compliance with hands-on technical ability — interactive maps, automation systems, and dashboards your team can actually own.

Services

Three ways we move your data forward

Not deliverables that collect dust. Defined engagements with outputs you own — maps you can publish, dashboards that auto-update, systems that run without a consultant on retainer.

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Interactive Maps & Spatial Intelligence

Web-published maps and GIS infrastructure that puts your geographic data in front of stakeholders and the public — without needing a GIS specialist for every update.

  • Crash, service area & asset maps
  • Public-facing dashboards & story maps
  • Self-maintaining PostGIS pipelines
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Automation & Reporting Systems

Automated reports, compliance summaries, AI-enabled document processing, and intake workflows — built privately on your data, inside your environment.

  • Monthly/quarterly reporting on autopilot
  • Grant compliance documentation pipelines
  • AI intake, triage & response drafting
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Planning Consulting & Advisory

Traditional planning work plus technical advisory for organizations making data and technology decisions without in-house leadership. Scoped to exactly what you need.

  • TIPs, LRTPs, grant writing & compliance
  • Vendor evaluation & technology roadmaps
  • Fractional technical director retainer
Organizations we serve
MPOs & TPOs Transit Agencies Planning Departments Regional Councils Nonprofits Community Development Workforce Development Small Municipalities Economic Development Grant-Funded Organizations Small Logistics Operations
The differentiator

Most consultants deliver a product.
We deliver something that works after we leave.

Generic tech firms build tools. They don't understand NTD reporting deadlines, TIP amendment workflows, or what a federal grant audit actually looks for in your documentation trail.

We do. A decade of transportation planning, federal compliance, and grant administration from the inside gives Parker & Vale operational empathy that no pure-tech shop can replicate.

"Your organization is producing data that should be making decisions for you. Right now it's sitting in a spreadsheet. We can tell you exactly what that's costing — and build the system that fixes it."

Read the full story →
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Public-sector fluencyMPO, FTA, NTD, TIP, LRTP — from the inside, not from a Wikipedia page.
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Spatial depthPostGIS, QGIS, Leaflet, GDAL — production pipelines, not ArcGIS licensing dependency.
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Real technical infrastructureCloud deployments, automation pipelines, Docker — built and documented to run without us.
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Works for organizations of every sizeFrom a 3-person nonprofit to a regional agency managing $40M in federal funds.
Engagement

Focused practice.
Real deliverables.

Parker & Vale isn't a generalist shop. We take on engagements where our specific combination of domain knowledge and technical depth creates outsized value — and we build things that outlast the engagement.