New CEO Takes Helm of The Alternative Energy Technology Center, Inc.

HOUSTON--(Business Wire)--The Alternative Energy Technology Center, Inc. (OTC:AETE)
announced today that Mr. Brown A. Marks now serves as President and
CEO and as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Marks is an executive with over 30 years of management
experience. His prior experience includes ten years with
Armco/National Oilwell, (now National Oilwell), (NYSE: NOV) where he
was Manager of Business Strategy. He directed worldwide strategic
planning, directed development of 5-year business plans and conducted
business development activities including acquisitions and technology
transfers. From 1992 to 2003 he served as President & General Manager
for several Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) operations including
the State of Louisiana, with responsibility for all landfills, solid
waste collection, transfer and recycling operations. Prior to that he
has worked for Inland Container Corporation. He is a graduate of the
University of Indiana and has completed graduate work at Xavier
University and Columbia University.

"I welcome the opportunity to make a difference in America's
alternative energy future," stated Mr. Marks. "I expect AETE to
quickly become a leader in the development and manufacture of
alternative fuels from biomass," he noted. "We expect to deliver
solutions that will reduce the cost of energy while using nature
friendly renewable feed-stocks," he concluded.

The Company: The Alternative Energy Technology Center, Inc.
(OTC:AETE), based in Woodlands, TX, is a technology company focused on
biofuels and alternative energy technologies. It will focus on
technologies using renewable energy inputs from non-food energy
sources and on technologies that can be scaled up to efficiently
addresses the post-petroleum energy needs of the United States.

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The Alternative Energy Technology Center, Inc.
David Mordekhay, 832-358-0203

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