Kevin Parker is a principal solutions architect within Rackspace’s Enterprise organization and develops complex cloud infrastructures for his customers. With twelve-plus years in the IT industry, he has a deep understanding of the challenges facing the enterprise. Kevin develops strategies to optimize application availability, performance and scalability, as well as developing essential solutions focused on business continuity, disaster recovery, storage efficiency, information security, and deployment strategy. Kevin holds a B.S. in both Biochemistry and Biology from Trinity University where his research in immunology provided him a deep understanding of complex adaptive systems.