Technology >> CEO Interviews >> December 1, 1998
PARRIS H. HOLMES, JR. is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of New
Century Equity Holdings Corp., a holding company focused on high growth,
technology-based companies and investments. The company has one
operating subsidiary, Austin, Texas-based FIData, Inc., and investments
in two other companies, Coreintellect, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas and
Princeton eCom Corporation, headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.
NASDAQ-listed New Century Equity Holdings is the successor to Billing
Concepts Corp., which has roots to 1986 when Mr. Holmes founded U.S.
Long Distance (USLD), a telecommunications company. The billing business
of USLD was spun-off as a public company (Billing Concepts) in August
1996 and USLD was subsequently sold in 1997. When the telecommunications
company was sold it was the eighth largest long distance company in the
United States. In October 2000 three operating entities of Billing
Concepts were sold and the company changed its name to New Century
Equity Holdings. Mr. Holmes is involved in a wide range of professional
organizations. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Sharps
Compliance Corp., Coreintellect, Inc., Tanisys Technology, Inc. and
Princeton eCom Corporation. In June 1992, Mr. Holmes received the
'Entrepreneur of the Year' award for the South Texas region from Ernst &
Young, Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, and Inc. Magazine. In
addition, Mr. Holmes was voted the '1999 Executive of the Year' by the
Sales and Marketing Executives of San Antonio. Profile
Mr. Holmes: Just to go back a little in time, we were a spin-off from
U.S. Long Distance in August of 1996 and our role in
