Team

Brent A. Parker – AIA, NCARB

President

Brent Parker is the President of Parker Walter Group. He leads the firms design in the more complex building types, working directly in 3D modeling to develop accurate preliminary designs.

He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Florida in 1973. He is a registered architect in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Texas, and holds a national NCARB certificate.

Mr. Parker became a resident of Sarasota upon graduation, commencing his internship. The following year, he took the national registration exams, passing all parts on the first attempt. In 1979, he joined a partnership, where he remained until 1982, when he founded his own firm, Parker Group, Inc. During those years he led the firms’ efforts, pushing it forward into the technology-based information age while undertaking a unique mix of projects.

He concentrated the firm’s work in the commercial and residential sectors. His firm completed commercial and retail facilities, retirement facilities, churches, banks and clubs, and hundreds of restaurants and some unique industrial projects. He has also led his firm into the multi-family markets, both workforce and luxury. Mr. Parker has also personally developed projects, as his own client, expanding his understanding of the client’s needs.

Mr. Parker is a member of the American Institute of Architects. He also enjoys other outside interests in technology, computers, investments and flying. He is a commercial pilot and uses his own aircraft in business travel throughout the eastern United States.

Thomas E. Kelley, CSI

Senior Project Coordinator

With over 30 years’ experience in the AEC industry, Tom is vastly familiar with all the aspects of a construction projects’ life cycle; from the owner’s initial project conception, through the various architectural design phases, construction documentation, procurement, and finally construction.

While Tom’s primary responsibility is the production of the architectural construction drawings and documents, he is also responsible for the overall coordination between the architectural drawings and engineering consultants’ drawings. Tom also assists the architects throughout a project’s various phases with building code review, zoning code review, design layouts, redlines, assembling bidding packages, RFI’s, responses to AHJ review comments, submittal review and contract administration, as needed.

In 2015 Tom received a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management from ITT Technical Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana in order to have a better understanding and appreciation for the general contractors’ role and responsibility during a project. Tom is also a member of The Construction Specification Institute (CSI) and received a certification from Autodesk as a Certified Professional in Revit for Architectural Design.

In his spare time, Tom enjoys investing and home remodeling projects as well as researching algorithmic and generative designs utilizing Dynamo, Rhino, and Grasshopper software packages.

Vicky Lee

Technician and Bookkeeper

Vicky has worked for Parker Walter Group as an AutoCAD technician since 1990. She focuses on fast food restaurants and new and remodeled small office projects.