SBS Founder Marc A. Salerno Accepts Global Council Nomination

Pembroke Pines, Fl., -- June 26, 2001 – SBS Founder and President Marc A. Salerno today accepted his nomination to the Councils Of Advisors (http://www.TheCouncils.com). The Council is an open network of Industry Professionals, Scientists, and Consultants who confer with venture capitalists and portfolio managers such as Fidelity, JP Morgan, Salomon Smith Barney, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, and Merrill Lynch. The Council was founded to connect qualified investment professionals one-on-one to the scientists, engineers, and physicians who are developing and using the products and services of tomorrow.

Members come from the leading industry and academic institutions in North America and abroad. The Council facilitates the flow of relevant technical knowledge between the industry and investment communities through member consultations. Some of their existing members today include David Payne, President of Southampton Photonics and co-inventor of the Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier. Others include Don Cox- professor at Stanford and member of the Advisory Board to MC2R, the ACM SIGMOBILE publication, and Raj Jain- previously a member of the Board of Advisors to Nexabit Networks and an IEEE distinguished lecturer.

As a member of the Council of Communications and Technology Advisors, Salerno will assist the council client base in the areas of IT Infrastructure, Telecommunications, E-commerce, Computers, and Consumer Electronics industry issues and concerns. As Salerno recently stated, "I am more than happy to accept the Councils nomination and look forward to working with many of our investment clients in the technology sector.The biggest challenge we face today is "e-based" technology trend disinformation initiatives towards the investment community."

Founded in 1996, SBS Consulting & Distribution is a Global Hi-Tech Management Consulting Firm Serving the IT Infrastructure, xSP Network Service Provider, Telecommunications, E-Commerce, Consumer Electronics, and Computer Communities. With a global web of certified "SBS Network Affiliates" and offices in the US and Europe, SBS is based in Pembroke Pines Florida.