(BSNS WIRE) billserv.com Names Roger Hemminghaus, Ultramar Diamond Shamr billserv.com Names Roger Hemminghaus, Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Chairman, to Board of Directors Business Editors & High-Tech and Energy Writers SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 1999-- NOTE TO MEDIA: Logo is available in a Smart News Release(tm) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com Roger Hemminghaus, Who Also Serves as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank Dallas, Brings Insight and Corporate Leadership to Billserv.com billserv.com Inc. (OTC BB:BLLS), a leading electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) service bureau, today announced that Roger R. Hemminghaus, chairman of the board of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock (NYSE:UDS), and chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, has joined billserv.com's board of directors. With nearly $11 billion in annual revenues, Ultramar Diamond Shamrock is one of the largest independent petroleum refining and petroleum product and convenience merchandise marketing companies in North America. The 11th District Bank in Dallas is part of the Federal Reserve System. "Roger Hemminghaus' exceptional industry reputation and leadership are important additions to billserv.com's board of directors, and we welcome his involvement," said Michael Long billserv.com chairman and CEO. "Not only does Roger have an impressive background as a top energy company executive, his overall experience brings the knowledge, vision and discipline that will help billserv.com continue moving forward." Hemminghaus joins E. Scott Crist as billserv.com's only outside board members. Crist is president and chief executive officer of Telscape International Inc., (Nasdaq:TSCP) one of the world's fastest-growing multinational carriers of voice, video and data services. Hemminghaus, who retired as CEO of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock in January, also served as chairman, CEO and president of Diamond Shamrock Inc. prior to its merger with Ultramar Corporation in 1996. Hemminghaus currently serves on the boards of Luby's Inc. (NYSE:LUB), New Century Energies and the Southwest Research Institute, and is chairman of the Board of Regents of Texas Lutheran University. Hemminghaus earned his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Auburn University, and completed post-graduate work in business and nuclear engineering. About billserv.com billserv.com Inc. (OTC BB:BLLS) is an electronic bill presentment and payment service bureau that provides small- to medium-sized billers with a turnkey outsourcing solution for presenting bills to consumers for payment on the Internet. billserv.com serves an intermediary role between billers and bill consolidators by aggregating customer billing information from multiple billers, and then securely delivering it to consolidators. billserv.com has four product offerings: Internet billing clearinghouse services (eServ(sm)), ePublishing(sm), customer care services (eCare(sm)) and professional consulting services (eConsulting(sm)). For additional information, visit www. billserv.com or call 210/402-5000. Certain statements contained herein are "forward-looking" statements (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995). Because such statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. NOTE TO EDITORS: A downloadable photograph of Roger Hemminghaus is available online at diasham.com. Click on "Virtual Press Room" at the top of the page. --30--sw/sa* CONTACT: Davis.Comm Inc. (for billserv.com) Media Contacts: Jeff Davis or Kevin Manniko, 415/243-4442 jdavis@daviscomm.com or kmanniko@daviscomm.com or Investor Relations, 888/559-4184 or 210/344-8355 KEYWORD: cdbud TEXAS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMED INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET OIL/GAS ENERGY COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS PHOTO: snr5 Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com *** end of story *** |