POMONA, Calif., Sept. 30, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- General Environmental Management, Inc. (GEM) (www.go-gem.com), a leading environmental and remediation company, announced today that it has consolidated the roles of CEO and Chairman of the Board with the current CEO Tim Koziol. The combining of the positions is intended to create a unilateral voice to shareholders and key clients, and more importantly to allocate more time for the company's current Chairman John A. Brunkow, a founding shareholder and IBM veteran, to provide specific guidance on the continued development and growth of the company's application software.
Tim Koziol stated, "Mr. Brunkow served the company as Chairman of the Board during its most critical period of early development. To John's credit, he recognized that his contribution to shareholder value would be more significant due to his broad specialization in software development and sales. His focused efforts will help build this portion of our business expeditiously."
John Brunkow commented, "I am very excited about the new GEMWARE(r) operating system which is designed as an electronic financial, operating, and compliance tool. It will be the backbone for the future growth of the company. The development of GEMWARE(r) version 2.0 as an ASP offering will bring additional value to our current and future customers"
Kevin O'Connell of General Pacific Partners, LLC stated, "John's guidance and management as it relates to GEMWARE's(r) development and significance as a business origination tool should create a positive trend with the company's revenue efforts immediately."
About General Environmental Management, Inc.
General Environmental Management, Inc. is a fully integrated environmental company with a General Engineering -- Hazardous Substance Removal License providing several important and critical needs within the environmental industry: identifying, managing and transporting waste, providing emergency response and other incidents, managing remediation projects, and providing application software designed for environmental compliance services and employee health and safety training.
Statements made in this press release that are not historical in nature constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor Provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on the current expectations and beliefs of the management of GEM and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the Company's continued ability to increase revenue; continue to increase earnings; continue to expand business domestically; the continued ability raise capital for expansion; the continued acceptance of new customer services practices; the Company's ability to attract and retain key management and other personnel. For a more detailed discussion of factors that affect GEM, please contact Chairman John Brunkow at 1.909.444.9500. The Company undertakes no obligation to update this forward-looking information.
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