R. Douglas Parker
Senior Vice President, CFO

Mr. Parker has held senior executive financial and operational positions in a broad range of industries spanning a thirty-year career. Mr. Parker has extensive experience in all aspects of financial reporting and corporate governance including organizing, development and implementation of controls and procedures to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley public reporting requirements.

Prior to joining IIBEX as SVP/CFO, Mr. Parker served as Consultant Chief Financial Officer and COO of Tribute Direct, Inc. (Houston, Texas). Mr. Parker planned and executed a multi-phased capital financing program to fund and launch operations of a direct response marketing company designed to dis-intermediate both products and services in the funeral industry. Additionally, Mr. Parker developed Tribute’s internal operations, warehouse/distribution operations and outsourced its call center.

In 2003, Mr. Parker served as Consultant to EPCglobal., Inc. (Houston, Texas) where he implemented performance and operations improvement in multi-location environments. Mr. Parker served as CEO/President at Pliant Technologies, Inc. (Houston, Texas) where he created and implemented the company’s first sales and marketing plan, and developed operation’s procedures and customer service infrastructure.

From 1995 to 2002, Mr. Parker held a number of executive financial and operational positions during his senior leadership with FS Strategies/Talent Tree (Houston, Texas). He led the team responsible for over 100 direct and indirect reports covering four divisions in all areas of finance, accounting, IT, payroll, risk management, legal and human resources. While at FS Strategies/Talent Tree, Mr. Parker successfully led the team which completed the due diligence, financial structuring, pricing, negotiations, and integration of four strategic acquisitions for the company. During his tenure, Mr. Parker upgraded the accounting system, reduced expenses through contract negotiation, implementation of expense/purchasing controls and process performance metrics. He also reduced Days Sales Outstanding, over 90 day receivables to less than one percent, and planned and incorporated a corporate restructure reducing state taxes by $7 million over five years.

Mr. Parker is a Certified Public Accountant and holds an undergraduate degree in Accounting as well as a Masters in Finance and Taxation from the University of Houston.