World Authority on Marking, Identification, Traceability and Authentication. Serial Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Coach, and Property Investor
Kyle Parker has been involved with marking, identification and traceability solutions since 1990.
He established himself at a time when computers were being introduced to businesses and fax machines were still a new and exciting technology; manual hand-punching and stamping was still the only solution for marking and labelling applications.
Kyle’s first company, which he started over 25 years ago, MARBEL (“MARking and laBELling”) was founded in these early days as a reseller for marking and labelling solutions. Resourceful as ever; Kyle believed that a more efficient marking solution must exist somewhere in this dawn of new technology. Hence, he embarked on a journey that was to result in him becoming a world authority on marking, identification and traceability solutions.
Partnering with overseas leaders in this exciting technology, Kyle established himself as an authorized distributor and has since brought the best solutions to Africa, for manufacturers seeking a permanent marking and traceability solution.
Although Kyle still plays a prominent role in the marking identification, track and trace industry, he has found a new passion for brand protection and authentication – helping to fight fakes, counterfeits and the illegal trade industry through supplying innovative technologies.
Kyle is dedicated to the values of care, and the protection of consumers and manufacturers from counterfeiting and diversion.
Kyle has lent his expertise and thought leadership to many global brands and agencies. Here are some of them.
With each project I tackle with Traceability Solutions, I can say with confidence that the project will be a success because of their level of expertise and professionalism. I can always rely on Traceability Solutions to give me the right solution for each project.
I have done business with Kyle Parker for at least 20 years and not once was I disappointed by him or the company he represented at the time.
Seldom have I seen customer satisfaction of the level I have experienced while working with Mr Parker and have no hesitation in recommending his services.
We particularly appreciate your personal commitment to the development of a custom-designed system appropriate to South Sudan. We look forward to working further with you and your staff on this important issue. View full testimonial
Traceability Solutions...were acknowledged as having the best possible solution for this project, given the history of these companies in similar projects, one of which being for the South African Police Services on a very similar application. View full testimonial
Below you can find various articles and media relating to Kyle's work.
When it comes to tracking weapons — from rifles and handguns to missiles and bombs — there is zero tolerance for mistakes. Errors could delay delivery of a shipment and compromise the safety of troops or result in the delivery of dangerous weapons to the wrong person.
A DPM (Direct Part Marking) solution eliminates the opportunity for error, allowing you to easily identify every item when required, including where it was last scanned and who is currently in possession of the item.
Over the years, the group has built up products and solutions for ‘every manufacturing environment you can mention,’ said Kyle. It all started with the human-readable marking of products, and
Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are a major problem for the proprietary pharmaceutical industry causing loss of revenues, damage reputations, and pose significant health risks to consumers, with the WHO estimating one million people die every year from counterfeit drugs. They also pose indirect costs to society as counterfeiting often supports organised crime. Various factors including the high cost of proprietary drugs, the ease of producing counterfeits, the lack of risk in counterfeiting relative to other illegal activities, and the increased use of the Internet as a source for marketing pharmaceuticals have encouraged counterfeit proliferation.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most transformational trends that are shaping the future of organisations across the globe. The hype is fully justified – all forecasts indicate that IoT is set to grow enormously, with Gartner predicting that by 2020 some 25 billion devices will be connected to the Internet.
While recently contributing to a panel discussion at the IoT Forum Africa 2018 on this subject, I commented that some of the key challenges facing IoT adoption in Africa were as follows:
For many years governments around the world have been trying to deal with the problem of illegal brewing. The strange thing about this is that it has a high demand
Kyle interviews George Ross, Donald Trump’s right hand man, on brand protection.
