Brian Parks is the Vice President of Community Development at GasPedal & SocialMedia.org, leading the team responsible for the recruitment of new Fortune 1000 members. Brian has been helping technology startups in Austin build sales and business development organizations for almost two decades.

Prior to GasPedal, Brian served as Senior Vice President, Publisher Business at Tippr, and was responsible for strategy, sales, partnerships, digital product management, marketing, implementation and account management teams. Brian cut his chops in sales leadership at MessageOne which was later acquired by Dell in 2008.

Brian has a degree in Philosophy and Religion from Baylor University and a perfect pair of boy and girl twins.