KELOWNA, British Columbia, March 18, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Secure Enterprise Solutions Inc. (the "Company") (OTCBB:SETP) announces that Edgetech Services Inc. has completed the initial formation of its new IT Security Practice, named ETS Biometric Solutions Inc.
Tae Ho Kim, Co-Founder and Vice-President of Edgetech, said, "The rapidly-growing security marketplace offers limitless opportunities for our firm and is an exciting addition to our present services. This establishes Edgetech's strong commitment to the field of IT Security and we will actively start marketing our services to our clients and partners effective immediately."
Edgetech is proud to further announce the addition of three IT Security Experts who will help guide the new Security Practices division.
Mr. Hugh Pearman is a Senior Security Expert with over 20 years of IT and 17 years of IT Security experience. He has worked on engagements ranging from $1Million to over $75 Million. Mr. Pearman brings a wealth of knowledge in the areas of Disaster Recovery, Threat/Risk Assessment and Internet/Intranet Security. He has completed projects for NCR, Rogers, AT&T, Deloitte, NATO, Department of Foreign Affairs and Department of National Defence.
Mr. Khalil Javid is a Senior Security Architect with over 13 years of IT Security experience from clients such as Exodus Communications, Agillion, Gensym and Teleglobe Canada. He is a graduate of Concordia University in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics.
Mr. Claude Essomba is a Senior Security Specialist with over 5 years experience in the field of Intrusion/Detection, PKI, encryption, cryptography and leading-edge biometric technologies. He has worked for Computer Associates, Intellitactics, Articon, Siemens, DCS and BIOID. He is a graduate in Computer Science from the University of Applied Sciences, Berlin. He speaks fluent French, English and German.
Edgetech also has access to Senior IT professionals in the fields of Data Mining, Data Warehousing, IT Architecture, Security, Ethical Hacking, Security Review/Audit and much more. These experts can be called upon to meet all projected client need's.
Chris Bunka, CEO of Secure Enterprise Solutions, said, "We have the expertise required to operate as a global security solutions provider. We are rapidly broadening the extent of our capabilities and look forward to working closely with these experts in the security industry."
Secure Enterprise Solutions Inc. has previously announced its binding letter of intent to wholly acquire Edgetech Services Inc.
The Company continues discussions regarding additional partnering and acquisition opportunities and expects further announcements to be made on these and other matters soon.
This press release includes forward-looking statements. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Inherent risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties are described in the periodic reports the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.