NEWS RELEASE
April 8, 2002
For Immediate Distribution
Global eTelecom Appoints J. Ronald Williams as President
DESTIN, FL - Global eTelecom, Inc., the national leader in Electronic Check Conversion (ECC) today announced the appointment of J. Ronald Williams as President by the corporation's Board of Directors.
"The Board of Directors is very pleased to announce the appointment of Ron Williams as President of our company," states John H. Beebe, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Global eTelecom. " Ron Williams brings a tremendous wealth of knowledge, wisdom, vision and industry experience to our company, and adding Ron to our existing management team further enables us to continue our successful rapid growth in the exploding Electronic Check industry. The Board of Directors and the Executive Management staff looked at several potential candidates over the last few months for the position, and we had strong criteria that needed to be met in order to fill the position." Adds Beebe, "Ron Williams is an exceptional choice as President of our company; a great fit for us now, and where we are going in the future." John H. Beebe will remain as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, after serving as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the corporation for the last three years.
Ron Williams has been in the Bankcard/Check processing business for the last 17 years, and is the founder and former President of EZCheck, a national check guarantee and electronic check conversion company.
"The next few years will present several key growth opportunities for the check industry and I feel that Global eTelecom has all the potential to provide the most aggressive, custom tailored check programs in the industry - today in the future," states Williams. Adds Williams "I'm very excited to be a part and to have the opportunity to help the company achieve it's goals."
About Global eTelecom
Global eTelecom owns the first technology for processing checks electronically at the Point of Purchase through the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA). Global eTelecom is an active member of NACHA's Electronic Check Council. Global eTelecom provides it's proprietary, fully customizable XML based electronic check processing services to a nationwide network of banks, independent sales agents and associations, credit card processors, insurance companies, and retail merchants, ranging in size from small "Mom &Pop" stores to national retail chains. Global eTelecom's proprietary Electronic Check Services include: Electronic Check Conversion (Point-of-Purchase), Electronic Mail Order / Telephone Order Checks (MOTO), Encrypted Electronic Internet Checks, Lockbox Conversion, Electronic Recurring Debit, Electronic Represented Check Collection (RCK), Wireless Encrypted Infrared Checks, Electronic Check Image Capture, and Secure Web Based Check Image Retrieval. More information on Global eTelecom can be found on the company's website at www.globaletelecom.com.
Contacts:
Global eTelecom
John H. Beebe
Chairman & Chief Executive Oficer
(850) 650-8506
Email: john@globaletelecom.com
Ron Williams
President
(850) 650-8506
Cell: (850) 217-3388
Email: rwilliams@globaletelecom.com