About
Principal Software Engineer & Consultant
- Website: parkerfoord.com
- Phone: (414) 301‑2363
- Experience: years
- Email: parkerfoord@quinticconsulting.com
I build secure, scalable systems that make a measurable impact. My expertise spans cloud‑native back‑end architecture, real‑time data pipelines, and AI/ML‑driven products for clients in defence, fintech, and healthcare.
Resume
Summary
Parker Foord
Polyglot software engineer and hands‑on technical leader with + years of experience delivering secure, scalable solutions across defence, fintech, healthcare, and SaaS.
Education
Software Engineering
2020 – 2023
Milwaukee School of Engineering – Milwaukee, WI
Software Development
2018 – 2020
Fox Valley Technical College – Appleton, WI
Leadership
Founder & CEO
2020 – Present
Aeros AI (Stealth)
Treasurer
2020 – 2023
Transfer Student Association
Professional Experience
Principal Software Engineer
March 2024 – Present
Quintic Consulting – Remote
- Architected MIL‑spec, ultra‑low‑latency drone telemetry platform (< 30 ms RT) using Go, gRPC, AWS Kinesis, and WebRTC, enabling real‑time situational awareness for defence clients.
- Built client‑facing API that aggregates customer data across multiple internal systems.
- Designed Dynamics 365/Power Apps ALM pipeline (GitHub Actions, ARM templates) reducing deployment effort from 30 hours to 15 minutes and aligning with SOC 2 controls.
Senior Software Engineer
August 2022 – November 2024
Northwoods – Milwaukee, WI
- Developed, maintained, and deployed financial software using C#, .NET, Windows Forms, and ASP.NET; leveraged Entity Framework, LINQ, and SQL Server for data management.
- Led .NET upgrades (3.1 → 6.0 → 8.0) across product suite, improving performance and security.
- Implemented custom Dynamics plugins and asynchronous messaging via Azure Service Bus.
Software Engineer
April 2021 – August 2022
Caraflow – Milwaukee, WI
- Shipped responsive ASP.NET Core / Vue 3 patient‑intake portal now licensed by 30+ hospitals.
- Built low‑cost ePaper hospital signage system (ESP32 + NFC) saving ≈$120 K versus commercial alternatives.
- Re‑platformed Android health‑records app (> 50 K users), adding offline sync and biometric login.
Senior Software Engineer
November 2019 – March 2021
Siphon – Appleton, WI
- Led 4‑person team in building Angular/Node media hub aggregating Netflix, Hulu, Spotify APIs; achieved MVP in 5 months.
- Introduced agile story mapping and CI practices that reduced cycle time by 30 %.
Software Engineering Intern
April 2019 – November 2019
Oshkosh Defense – Oshkosh, WI
- Automated compatibility testing for 100+ applications against new Windows releases, preventing downtime.
- Pioneered ticket‑routing system that accelerated issue resolution for mechanical engineering teams.
Personal Projects
A selection of self‑driven projects that highlight my curiosity, technical range, and commitment to solving real‑world problems.
Detailed write‑ups will return after the site redesign.
parkerfoord.com
Project Type: Website · Tech: Vanilla JS, HTML5, Typed.js
Active – last major update: Mar 2025
Responsive portfolio and homelab dashboard. The latest refactor replaced legacy ASP.NET with a lightweight static stack, cutting load time by 60 %. Road‑map items include OAuth‑protected admin panel for media servers (Plex, Radarr, Sonarr) and a unified monitoring console for on‑prem services.
ModFusion — Hybrid Agile Framework
Project Type: Whitepaper · Status: Peer Review
Draft v0.9 – Feb 2025
Proposes ModFusion, a synthesis of SCRUM cadence and Kanban flow enriched with organizational‑psychology research. Early pilots show a 22 % boost in team throughput and higher developer satisfaction. Seeking publication in IEEE Software.
Untitled Animated Series
Project Type: Story Development
Ongoing – outline v2, Jan 2025
Developing a story bible and pilot script for an original coming‑of‑age fantasy. Experimenting with generative art pipelines (Stable Diffusion + EbSynth) to accelerate concept art and animatics.
Automatic File Organizer
Project Type: Desktop Utility · Tech: C#/.NET 8, WPF
Beta – Dec 2024
Watches user‑defined directories and auto‑tags, de‑duplicates, and re‑homes files based on MIME, size, and content hash. CLI + GUI. Scheduled for open‑source release under MIT.
RecipeBox
Project Type: Mobile App · Tech: React Native (Expo), TypeScript
Alpha – Oct 2024
Cross‑platform app that aggregates recipes from public APIs, supports offline caching with Realm, and offers a voice‑guided “cook mode.” CI/CD via Expo EAS keeps beta builds flowing to TestFlight and Google Play.
Vaporwave Wordle
Project Type: Desktop Game · Tech: Java FX
Stable – May 2023
Re‑imagines Wordle with neon synth aesthetics and expanded rule‑sets (hard mode, variable word length). Features user accounts, Elo‑style scoring, and admin dashboards for custom word lists.
AI Image Translation
Project Type: Research Prototype · Tech: Python, OpenCV, HuggingFace
On Hold – Jun 2024
Pipeline that detects, translates, and re‑renders text in comic‑book panels. Combines Tesseract OCR, Marian‑MT translation, and OpenCV in‑painting. Preparing to train a vision‑language model on MSOE’s ROSIE supercomputer.
Better Catan
Project Type: Web App · Tech: ASP.NET Core 8, SignalR
Paused – IP review
Online recreation of Settlers of Catan with real‑time multiplayer, AI opponents, and match replays. Development halted pending trademark clearance.
C# War
Project Type: Desktop Game · Tech: Windows Forms
Sandbox – Nov 2023
Simple card‑game implementation used as a playground for experimenting with MVVM patterns, dependency injection, and automated UI tests in .NET.
Java Visual Time Complexity
Project Type: Educational Tool · Tech: Java Swing
v1.0 – Mar 2023
Benchmarks user‑provided functions, plots execution time against input size, and approximates Big‑O curves. Helps CS students internalize algorithmic complexity.