View Systems Announces Puerto Rican Product Contract and Hiring of Vice President of Corporate Development

Business Wire, July 9, 1999

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 1999--

Publicly-traded View Systems, Inc. (OTC BB: VYST) has announced that after an extensive product evaluation involving several manufactures, the Puerto Rican Government has selected View Systems' Remote Interactive Video Security Systems for its agencies.

Acting on behalf of View Systems as an exclusive re-seller for the Puerto Rican operations, Class and Associates has secured this and other pending contracts with a number of Puerto Rican agencies. Angelo Class, president of Class and Associates and former chief of the Puerto Rican National Intelligence Agency (NIE), reports that this is the first of several contracts between View Systems and the NIE. The NIE is responsible for facility security at the Puerto Rican National headquarters. Additionally, the Department of Justice will be using View Systems' field deployable units throughout its prison system. View Systems anticipates further contracts to be announced in the next few weeks.

View Systems further announced that Bruce E. Lesniak has been hired as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Mr. Lesniak has been active in the security industry for over fifteen years. The last fourteen years were spent with industry leader ADT Security Services. His most recent role as National Director of Business Development for ADT aligned him with the industry's highest profile accounts. As a senior executive with ADT, Bruce was instrumental in driving market growth, as he guided sales and marketing, implemented numerous new product releases and directed the largest and most profitable region in the company. Mr. Lesniak will aid View Systems in developing strategic business plans, creating strong partner alliances and building the sales and marketing infrastructure for the Company. Mr. Lesniak received an Undergraduate and Masters in Business Administration from the University of Illinois.

View Systems is continuing to develop marketing which targets specific segments of the security industry, as well as introducing new products which utilize the Company's technologies. The large Puerto Rican product order for its Remote Interactive Video Systems will boost sales and promote the Company in a new international spotlight.

The above statements, regarding this announcement which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including View Systems, Inc. beliefs, expectations, hopes or intentions regarding the future. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and based on information available to View Systems, Inc. as of such date. It is important to note that actual outcome and the actual results could differ materially form those in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include risks and uncertainties such as technological, legislative and marketplace changes (ViewSystemsPR8.p65).