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Gary S. Messina Appointed to the Board of e-Smart® Technologies, Inc.

WASHINGTON, July 13, 2006/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- e-Smart® Technologies, Inc., (Pink Sheets: ESMT) (“e-Smart®” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Gary S. Messina to the Board of Directors of e-Smart®. Mr. Messina has nearly three decades of public & private information technology infrastructure experience and expertise. His background includes multi-agency and industry experience in the design, development and deployment of technology strategies and policies with extensive knowledge of Information Technology Infrastructure, e-Commerce, start-up and expansion and the seamless integration of emerging technologies.

Mr. Messina is a Corporate Director for L-3 Communications Headquarters’ Operations, responsible for Homeland Security and Defense Operations domestically and internationally, which involves all of L-3 Communications. Prior to joining L-3, Washington Operations, Mr. Messina was the Strategic Development Executive for Titan Corporation which was acquired by L-3 Communications in September 2005. This position, at the vice-president level, was created to develop holistic business concepts and long-term strategies for Titan both national and internationally, participating in mergers and acquisitions, congressional affairs and senior management. Mr. Messina was responsible for systems and approaches supporting the Department of Homeland Security and other large-scale government agencies and programs.

Mr. Messina was the Chief Information Officer for the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services within the newly formed Department of Homeland Security where he retired in June 2004. During his tenure in the Federal Government he was a key player in the integration of former Immigration and Naturalization Service operations into the DHS environment. Mr. Messina has served five U.S. Presidents, and six INS Commissioners. He was instrumental in leading change during his 27-year career with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. His expertise within the Agency spanned numerous programs, organizational changes, and administrations. Mr. Messina demonstrated a unique combination of management and policy experience in immigration affairs, counter-terrorism, Information Technology and organizational analysis. During his tenure with INS and prior to his retirement, he served as Acting, Executive Associate Commissioner, Deputy Associate Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner, and Director of Research & Development, where he developed innovative technologies for counter-terrorism and counter intrusion programs within the agency.

Mr. Messina served as vice-president for international affairs for Tech-Mod Corporation. He has written or contributed to numerous articles, testified on policy matters before Congressional committee hearings and addressed professional meetings and academic fora on a wide variety of immigration and technical issues. His career in Washington D.C. began in 1969 as a staff assistant on Capitol Hill where, during those years, he worked for three U.S. Senators. In 1972, he joined Tech-Mod Corporation (a subsidiary of LTV Aerospace, at that time) as director of their Small Business Investment Corporation. In 1979, he began his career within the U.S. Department of Justice. He was educated at the University of Maryland and at the Rutgers Graduate School of Business. He holds several advanced Federal Aviation Administration licenses and certificates, is a member of MENSA, the Explores Club, and a Fellow at the Washington Academy of Sciences.

“It is a pleasure,” said Mary Grace, President and CEO of e-Smart® Technologies, “to announce Mr. Messina’s appointment to our Board.” “Mr. Messina’s IT and management experience with the federal government,” said Grace, “will prove invaluable to the Company as we move forward in our efforts to provide security and protection to the US and to the world.”

In commenting on becoming a director of the Company, Mr. Messina said “I’m honored to be part of e-Smart® and have long understood the enormous security benefits made available with the implementation of e-Smart®’s advanced Super Smart Card™ and Biometric Verification Security System (BVS2)™.”

e-Smart® is the exclusive licensee in the US and Asia of the Super Smart Card™, the Super Smart Passport™ and the Biometric Verification Security System (BVS2)™. The Company seeks to be the leading provider of high technology security systems that can be used to combat fraud and terrorism. e-Smart®’s systems and products enable government agencies and commercial enterprises to continuously and securely verify the identity of citizens, personnel, customers and any other persons seeking physical or logical access. e-Smart® Technologies offers what experts believe to be the highest form of identity-based and credential-based security with no profiling or erosion of civil rights.

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