Here is a thought to think about. If you read RB, Yahoo and others, you will see that people out there want you to believe that GTE is a scam. Then you have the other side of the coin and the people who want you to think that GTE is the next greatest thing since sliced bread.
So who do you believe? Go back and look at some of the people that have joined the company. Look at their background, their experience and associations.
Then ask yourself why would someone like Sir Christopher Meyer or J Randolph Dumas or any of the other gentlemen listed below want to join GTE? Is it the money? Maybe for one or two, but for the most part these gentlemen have already made their riches during their carriers, so money is not the issue. Then what is it? Maybe it’s their ego, wanting to be a part of a dynamic young organization that is on the way to becoming a major world wide provider of communications.
So, do you think these gentlemen did extensive due deligence on GTE before joining the team? Yes. They did extensive due diligence before joining, because if you were someone like Sir Myer and have had both a very distinguished and public carrier, you are going to be very careful who you associate your name with. The last thing you want to do towards the end of your carrier, is have your good name tarnished from an association with a company that is a scam. People will tend to remember what you did last in your carrier.
So who do you believe? If your not impressed with the high quality of people the have joined the GTE team…
As John Stossel would say “Give me a break”.
Sir Christopher Meyer, KCMG
Chairman of the Board
Upon graduating from Cambridge University in the U.K. in 1966 and, subsequently, from the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna, Italy, Sir Christopher joined the British Diplomatic Service where he quickly rose through the ranks through a succession of increasingly responsible positions in key countries around the world, starting in Moscow, and then Madrid and later, in London, where he served as Head of the Soviet Section of the Foreign Office. He then became Chief Speech Writer to the Foreign Secretary, working for three Foreign Secretaries: Lord James Callaghan (later Prime Minister); Anthony Crosland; and Lord David Owen.
From there, Sir Christopher was posted to Brussels where he was active in the UK's representation to the European Union (EU) specializing in trade policy and later returned to Moscow in 1982 as Political Counselor. Upon returning to London, he was appointed to the position of Foreign Office Spokesman and Press Secretary to the Foreign Secretary (similar to the U.S. Secretary of State), later Lord Geoffrey Howe of Aberavon. From 1988-1989, Sir Christopher was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University's Centre for International Affairs and, upon completion, was named Minister for Trade Policy in Washington D.C. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy in Washington.
Upon returning to London, he served two years as Government Spokesman and Press Secretary to then-Prime Minister, John Major, prior to his appointment as U.K. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn. In 1997, Sir Christopher was appointed Ambassador to the U.S., the most senior position in the U.K. Diplomatic Service, where he served until 2003, the longest single tenure since World War II.
J. Randolph Dumas
Vice Chairman - GlobeTel Communications Corp.
Mr. Dumas served as a Naval Aviation Officer during the Viet Nam War Era and, later, served as a briefing officer within the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington D.C. before attending The Wharton School where he completed his MBA degree in finance in 1977. Currently, a resident of London, England - he has lived and worked in Europe for the past 25 years. He became a senior Managing Director at Salomon Brothers International Limited where he was responsible for the firm's European corporate finance, mortgage securities and real estate investment banking businesses for a number of years. Subsequently, Mr. 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, Dr. Henry Kissinger, Thomas F. McLarty III (President Clinton’s Chief of Staff) and Leo A. Daly III. Mr. 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
Michael P. Castellano Joins GlobeTel
Board of Directors – Chairman of Audit Committee
Michael P. Castellano is a certified public accountant with more than 40 years of experience in the financial sector. His distinguished career includes executive positions in corporate accounting, finance, and administration at renowned companies such as Avis, Inc., E.F. Hutton, Inc., and Fidelity Investments. At Fidelity, he held the positions of Vice President and Corporate Controller and was later appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Fidelity Institutional Group. Later assignments included the positions of Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at Kobren Insight Group where he became a member of the Board of Directors in 1997. He was also a director and head of the Audit Committee for Puradyn Filter Technologies from 2001 through 2005 and ResortQuest International, a New York Stock Exchange listed property management company, from 2002 until November 2003 when it was acquired by Gaylord Entertainment. Mr. Castellano currently serves as a director and chairman of the Audit Committees of Sona Mobile and Sun Capital Advisers Trust.
Dorian B. Klein
Board of Directors
Dorian Klein has more than 25 years of professional experience in international finance and investments. He has a distinguished record as an investment banker having worked for more than 20 years in New York, London and Tokyo, including roles as Managing Director and Head of European Structured and Principal Finance at Merrill Lynch in London and as Managing Director and Head of Asset Finance at Bankers Trust in London. He also headed the Tokyo office of a highly successful boutique investment bank that he co-founded with his colleagues from Paine Webber during the 80's. During his career as an international investment banker, Mr. Klein structured or executed more than 500 complex securities transactions, in both public and private markets, involving every type of debt and equity security. Mr. Klein is currently the Managing Partner of Rubikon Partners, a private equity firm specializing in mid-cap European buy-ins and buy-outs, which he co-founded together with Dr. Henry Kissinger, the Hon. Thomas McLarty, Leo A. Daly and J. Randolph Dumas. He has also been a private investor in several European technology companies, including several in fields which are directly relevant to the business strategy of GlobeTel. Mr. Klein is also currently on the Boards of Investitori Associati (the largest Italian private equity fund) and Holding.com (a Dutch company with high-tech holdings throughout Europe). Mr. Klein is an alumnus of Yale University (BA in Mathematics) and the Harvard Business School (MBA in Finance).
Rick Searfoss
Chairman of the Board - Sanswire
Mr. Searfoss is a{b] former astronaut and Space Shuttle commander, Colonel, USAF Retired. Colonel Searfoss has over twenty-five years experience in aerospace as an executive, astronaut, test pilot, and fighter pilot. Rick commanded the most complex life science research space mission ever flown, the STS-90 Neurolab flight on Columbia. He also recently served as the Chief Judge for the highly successful and innovative Ansari X Prize competition for the first privately developed reusable human-carrying spacecraft and consults regularly for numerous entrepreneurial aerospace ventures.
Robert Jones
President of Sanawire
Mr. Jones has over twenty-five years experience with NASA and the Air Force in aerospace as an executive, director, program manager, mission director, mission manager, flight test engineer, and pilot. Bob has an extensive test background as well as operational air, space and ballistic launch, and space vehicle research, test and development. He was instrumental and responsible for breaking 10 world records for the space launch systems
which resulted in three National Space and Science awards.
• 2004 - Selected as Single point of Contact for NASA HQ Department of Homeland Security
• 2003 - Selected as X-37 Orbital Vehicle Project Manager and C-20A Project Manager, NASA
• 2001 - Graduate Air Force Test Pilot School AVTC, First reservist to be selected in the history of AF
• 2000 - Selected as X-37 Atmospheric Vehicle Project Manager and B-52H Project Manager, NASA
• 1999 - Selected as NASA Mission Manager for Airborne Science
• 1998 - Selected as AF to Chief of Range Safety, AFFTC, Edwards AFB, CA
• 1994 - Selected as Launch Vehicle Program Manager for Air Force BMDO Targets
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