Parker is the Founder of Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs), an institution that has inspired the replication of the model in 23 countries and has impacted more than 20 million people since its inception. He has been recognized for his work as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, Dangote Fellow, and Ashoka Fellow for Social Entrepreneurship. Additionally, he was listed as one of the 100 World Class South Africans, selected as a Lead SA Hero in 2015, and recognized as a Schwab Foundation Social Innovator of the Year in 2022. His work has extended across various organizations such as Mozilla, BBC, Facebook, Finnish Foreign Ministry, UNICEF, UN Women, Naspers, AWS, Google, World Bank, and Accenture.