Pam Parisian, 2014 Honoree
- Title
- Senior vice president of IT mobility
- Employer
- AT&T Services
- Location
- Dallas
- A recent example of your leadership style:
- Providing developmental opportunities to my team members is key to their success. In one-on-one mentoring meetings, I create an open atmosphere conducive for engagement and learning. I then assign team members to high-profile projects where they have the chance to apply their knowledge and grow as leaders.
- How are you turning your IT department into a services organization?
- Far beyond order-takers, IT introduces technologies and applications that greatly improve the customer experience across a cross-section of business units, including retail, online sales and customer service.
- How do you evaluate emerging technologies?
- We opened The Innovation Pipeline (TIP), believed to be the world's largest employee crowdsourcing initiative. Externally, our Fast Pitch program brings in potential collaborators to find emerging technologies.