Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 24, 2001

Michael Parrella – Nct Group Inc (ncti)

MICHAEL J. PARRELLA is Chairman and CEO of NCT Group, Inc. He initially became a Director in 1986 after evaluating the application potential of the company's noise cancellation technology. He was also Chairman of the Board of Environmental Research Information, Inc., an environmental consulting firm, from December 1987 to March 1991. Prior thereto and from 1980, Mr. Parrella 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, Mr. Parrella has been involved in several high-technology start-up ventures during his career. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with a brief historical sketch of NCT Group,

Inc., and then an overview or picture of things as they are now.

Mr. Parrella: We are basically a holding company. We have