Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: DELBERT PARKS

As vice president and site executive of Micron Technology Virginia, Micron’s high-tech semiconductor manufacturing facility for computer memory chips, Parks oversees more than 1,600 employees at one of Virginia’s largest exporters. And an upcoming, federally subsidized expansion will see the plant’s workforce nearly double in size, as Micron plans to move its existing DRAM manufacturing from Taiwan to Virginia.

In high school, Parks worked as an electrician before earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics and mathematics from Stephen F. Austin State University. He started his career at Philips Electronics before moving in 2004 to Texas Instruments, where he rose through the ranks, becoming site manager for multiple facilities.

Parks serves on the George Mason University Foundation’s board of trustees, Norfolk State University’s board of visitors and the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s board.

Idaho-based semiconductor manufacturer Micron reported fiscal 2023 revenue of $15.54 billion, compared with $30.76 billion for the previous year. In April 2023, Micron announced the formation of the Northeast University Semiconductor Network, a partnership focused on collectively developing the next generation of the U.S. semiconductor industry’s workforce.