Jeff Parke Autograph Session at Customer Event

Written by Carl Mazzanti
September 15, 2008
7:00 pm

Corporate Teammate: eMazzanti Technologies

How Acquired

Drafted in the sixth round (60th overall) in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft

MLS Experience

2007: Started 26 games on the backline for the Red Bulls. Added an assist on June 10 when the Red Bulls visited D.C. United. Won the Red Bulls Defender of the Year Award.

2006: Quickly became one of the team’s stalwarts on the back line, starting a career-high 31 games. Was named Red Bulls Ironman of the Year for logging in a team-high 2,771 minutes and was Co-Unsung Player of the Year, sharing that honor with Seth Stammler.

2005: Started 19 games on the season and recorded his first career assist. Had played the full 90 minutes in both of the club’s first two games of 2005, and was subbed out of the third game at the half after suffering a concussion.

2004: Had a very impressive rookie campaign, seeing action in 27 games, starting 28 of them. The last pick of the 2004 MLS SuperDraft scored his only MLS goal on June 12 against San Jose.

College

Started 16 games for Drexel in his senior year in 2003. Scored goal in season-ending win over Hofstra. Was previously a Soccer Seven All-Star and a Second Team All-Region selection and was on the America East All-Conference First Team and All-Rookie team in 2000.

Personal

Son of Jeff and Carol Parke. Is an avid golfer and would like to be on the PGA Tour if not for soccer. Ideal golf foursome would include Tiger Woods, Muhammad Ali and Jesus Christ. Appeared in a Sept. 2006 photo spread in Vanity Fair magazine with four of his teammates, modeling fashion inspired by the movie “Taxi Driver.” Favorite musical artists include Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews Band. Favorite MLS city is Philadelphia.

Carl Mazzanti

Carl Mazzanti is Co-Founder and President of eMazzanti Technologies, Microsoft’s four time Partner of the Year and one of the premier IT consulting services for businesses throughout the New York metropolitan area and internationally. Carl and his company manage over 400 active accounts ranging from professional services firms to high-end global retailers.

eMazzanti is all about delivering powerful, efficient outsourced IT services, such as computer network management and troubleshooting, managed print, PCI DSS compliance, green computing, mobile workforce technology, information security, cloud computing, and business continuity and disaster recovery.

Carl Mazzanti is also a frequent business conference speaker and technology talk show guest and contributor at Microsoft-focused events, including frequent prominent roles at the Microsoft Inspire (Worldwide Partner Conference / WPC).

Carl, a serial Entrepreneur, gives back to the community through Entrepreneur teaching engagements at Georgetown University, the company’s ocean wildlife conservation effort, the Blue Project, and Tree Mazzanti.