Michael Parrella

MICHAEL PARRELLA is currently President and CEO of NCT, Inc. He has
served in that capacity since 1986. Prior to that, he was Vice President
and General Manager of the TAPS Division of Informatics General
Corporation, a company engaged in the development and marketing of
systems software. Informatics acquired the TAPS product line from
Decision Strategies Corporation, a company established and owned by Mr.
Parrella. As an entrepreneur and inventor with a computer systems
background, he has been involved in several high-technology start-up
ventures during his career. Mr. Parrella is a true visionary who has
transformed anti-noise technology from a laboratory science into a
marketable commodity. Under his direction, NCT technology is now of the
largest intellectual property portfolios in the industry. NCT technology
is now available in a wide range of consumer, commercial and industrial
products.