Parker & Vale didn’t begin with boats or websites. It began with years spent solving infrastructure, GIS, transportation, and public communication challenges. Those experiences shaped how we approach every project today.
Before Parker & Vale evolved into an improvement studio, Derrick spent nearly a decade leading regional transportation planning efforts, GIS initiatives, and public engagement projects across Arkansas and Florida.
This page is not a résumé. It’s a curated archive — selected work that answers a different question than Projects does. Not “look what we did,” but “here’s where we learned to think this way.”
Pieces kept because they still demonstrate rigor, clarity, and systems thinking — not nostalgia.
For work that shows how Parker & Vale solves problems today, see Projects and Maps.