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GlobeTel Announces the Appointment of J. Randolph Dumas to the Position of Executive Vice ChairmanFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. --(Business Wire)-- Nov. 30, 2005 -- GlobeTel Communications Corp. (AMEX:GTE) today announced the appointment of J. Randolph Dumas to the position of Executive Vice Chairman and Director. In this new position, Mr. Dumas will be expanding on his previous role as a joint venture partner in Sanswire Europe. Mr. Dumas, a resident of London, England, has lived and worked in Europe for the past 25 years. He was a partner of Salomon Brothers International Limited responsible for the firm's European corporate finance, mortgage securities and real estate investment banking businesses for a number of years. Subsequently, Dumas founded and became the Managing Partner of two prominent private equity firms: Dumas West & Co. (a 50:50 partnership with the "Baby Bell" telecommunications company, US West) and Rubikon Partners, a firm focusing on European leveraged buyouts founded by Mr. Dumas, Henry Kissinger, Thomas McLarty and Leo A. Daly III. Dumas has had extensive experience working in virtually every business sector and in every country within Europe, Asia and in much of the Middle East. He maintains strong relationships in these countries at the highest levels. "Mr. Dumas' demonstrated ability to develop, lead and manage all aspects of a global business, including establishing and maintaining an extensive, high-profile and worldwide relationship network will be a great asset to GlobeTel and represents a significant step towards new areas of growth for our company," commented Timothy Huff, GlobeTel's CEO. "We are confident that his expertise and decades of business experience will have a strong and early impact on the long-term success of GlobeTel Communications and its five business units." Mr. Dumas' appointment is effective immediately. About GlobeTel Communications Corporation GlobeTel Communications Corp. is a diversified Telecommunications and Financial Services company. GlobeTel operates business units in stored value debit cards, as a certified financial transactions processor; the sale of carrier-grade VoIP of long distance to major long-distance re-sellers, VoIP technology, wireless radio technology and development, and high-altitude airship research and development. These selfcontained business units were developed to operate independently of each other. The symbiotic relationship, however, provides value to each of the other business units. This strategy offers GlobeTel financial diversity and risk mitigation while striving toward its operating objectives. Operating on a global basis, GlobeTel has historically focused its business development on markets outside of the United States. Current operations and business relationships exist in Asia, Europe, South America, Mexico and the Caribbean. For more information, please go to: http://www.globetel.net. Certain statements in this release constitute forward-looking statements or statements which may be deemed or construed to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "forecast," "project," "intend," "expect" "should," "would," and similar expressions and all statements, which are not historical facts, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause the Company's actual results, performance (finance or operating) or achievements to differ from future results, performance (financing and operating) or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Sanswire Networks and the launch of the Company's high-altitude airship are subject to various risk factors and investors should construe any such investment as speculative. The above are more fully discussed in the Company's SEC filings. |
