Bluebear Network International (BLBR)

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BLBR--BlueBear Expands and Restructures Board of Directors


2007-03-01 08:30 ET - News Release

OTTAWA, ON -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/01/07


BlueBear Networks International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: BLBR) announced today additions to its Board of Directors. "We have reached an important milestone in the evolution of the company and need an enhanced board presence," stated Sal Khan, CEO of BlueBear Networks.

To complement BlueBear's products, marketing, and management teams, the Board of Directors has been restructured to include General Jean E. Boyle as Chairman. General Boyle retired as Chief of the Defense Staff (CDS) of Canada's Armed Forces following a distinguished thirty year military career. As CDS he was responsible to the Governor General of Canada for the control, direction, administration and the overall command of the Canadian Forces. General Boyle is an associate of the SPECTRUM Group, a Washington DC consultant firm which specializes in Defense and Homeland Security issues. "I am eager to play a key role with the BlueBear team as they deploy their leading edge solutions to the law enforcement community," cited General Boyle.

Brian Metcalfe -- President of Metcalfe & Associates -- has been appointed as a Director on the board. Brian has held many senior positions within industry and government, including: Philips Electronics N.V. and Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Mr. Metcalfe has long standing relationships with the Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries, the Ontario Aerospace Council, the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, and Metcalfe & Associates has represented multi-national corporations in the aerospace, defence and security industry sectors.

Sal Khan -- Founder & CEO of BlueBear who was instrumental in setting the strategic direction for the development of BlueBear's law enforcement initiatives -- will remain as a Director on the board and continue as CEO.

About BlueBear Networks International, Inc.

BlueBear Networks International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: BLBR) is a Nevada company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. BlueBear develops and markets the world's first system LACE that automatically processes and categorizes case media-evidence files from seized media information in child exploitation cases. LACE and a companion product, IDLE, can search for, and identify, victims, suspects, & witnesses in police facial images databases located worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.bbninternational.com/.

This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined in the Securities Litigation Improvements Act of 1996. The words "believe, expect, estimate, and project" and similar expressions define forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date the statement was made. BlueBear undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise. Forward-looking statements are currently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. Future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated in, or underlie the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties to which forward-looking statements are subject include, but are not limited to, the company's ability to meet its projected growth, the effects of government regulation, competition and other material risks


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Sal Khan
CEO
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