Vallerie Parrish-Porter is chief information officer for Embarq Corporation

Vallerie Parrish-Porter is chief information officer for Embarq Corporation. This new NYSE-listed company has approximately 20,000 employees and operates in 18 states offering voice, data, high speed internet, wireless and entertainment services to over 5 million customers. Parrish-Porter was recently selected as one of the "50 Most Important Blacks in Technology" for 2005 by the editors of US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine. She has also won such industry-related awards as the 2003 National Woman of Color Technologist of the Year Award and was recognized as one of Houston's "Top 20 Women in Technology" for 2000. [ Visit Website ]

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