Mr. R. Stewart Ewing, Jr. serves as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Assistant Secretary at Qwest Communications International Inc. Mr. Ewing serves as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Qwest Corp. Mr. Ewing has been the Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Assistant Secretary of SAVVIS, Inc since July 15, 2011. Mr. Ewing served as an Executive Vice President of CenturyLink Inc. since May 1999 and as its Chief Financial Officer since 1989. Mr. Ewing has played a key role in CenturyLink's acquisition strategy by negotiating all stages of purchase agreements from legal and regulatory to folding new companies into its corporate structure and philosophy. His responsibilities included managing CenturyLink's accounting, treasury, financial planning and analysis, corporate development and investor-relations functions. Mr. Ewing joined CenturyLink in 1983, and has held a number of top management positions, including as Senior Vice President since 1989, Vice President and Controller since 1984 and Vice President of Finance since 1983. He has been a Director of SAVVIS, Inc since July 15, 2011. He serves as Director at Qwest Corp., Progressive Bancorp, Inc., and Progressive Bank (Winnsboro, LA). He serves as a Director of Monroe Chamber of Commerce. He served as a Director of TrustComm Global Communications, Inc. He served as Director of SkyPort Global Communications, Inc. He is a Member of Northeast Louisiana Children's Museum. He is a Member of the Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He was a Director of National Rural Telephone Association, Treasurer/Grace Episcopal School/Monroe, Louisiana Treasurer/St. Frederick's High School Athletic Association/Monroe, Louisiana. Mr. Ewing holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.