Latino Coalition Names Zerco As Technology Advisor For Secure ID In Immigration Reform Initiatives; Biometric-based ID Firm To Focus On Worker ID & Healthcare Optical Cards

The Latino Coalition (TLC) announced Zerco Systems as TLC's Official Technology Advisor. As part of TLC's comprehensive immigration reform initiative, Zerco will focus on empowering companies with worker ID and health system optical card solutions. Zerco CEO addressed TLC conference along with Cabinet members; Congressional representatives, security and business leaders.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 4, 2007 -- The Latino Coalition (TLC) appointed Zerco Systems International, Inc. as Official Technology Advisor to the national organization dedicated to addressing economic equivalency and overall business, economic and social development of Hispanics in America, announced John A. Niotti-Soltesz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Zerco.

Zerco is part of TLC's comprehensive immigration reform initiative and is focused on empowering companies with a viable identification system for workers. Zerco, a developer and integrator of advanced card and optical memory card technology and biometric based identification, is headquartered in Brookfield, Ohio, and is online at www.zerco.com.

Hector V. Barreto, Chairman of TLC and recently former Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and TLC President Robert De Posada, told the 2007 TLC Small Business Economic Summit that Zerco is the Official Technology Advisor to TLC.

TLC is a national non-profit non-partisan organization striving to research and develop policies that are relevant to Latinos' overall economic, cultural and social development in America, while empowering individuals through the promotion of self-reliance and personal responsibility. TLC has complete information online at www.TheLatinoCoalition.com.

Niotti-Soltesz also addressed the 4th annual gathering of TLC business members, outlining Zerco's biometrics capabilities and the role that secure identification systems will play for TLC in the future.

TLC conference speakers included government and business leaders, including Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez; Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters; Republican Presidential Candidate and former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani; INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Nobel, U.S. Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), and Angela Braly, now Executive Vice President and as of June 1, President and CEO of WellPoint, Inc., the largest U.S. health benefits company.

Niotti-Soltesz and TLC conference participants also attended a White House Briefing with Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson in addition to TLC meetings at Washington's Four Seasons Hotel this week.

On behalf of TLC, Niotti-Soltesz said Zerco's initial work will focus on two pilot programs utilizing its proprietary optical card technology in the development of worker identification cards and health cards.

Under the leadership of Barreto and De Posada, TLC monitors public policy at local, state and federal levels to determine the impact on the Latino communities as TLC builds bridges of understanding throughout America, where over 41 million Latinos represent 14 per cent of the U.S. population and have purchasing power of more than $1 trillion.

Niotti-Soltesz said, "We are honored to be the Official Security Advisor to TLC and we look forward to working closely with TLC to develop secure biometrics identification programs in the vital areas of worker identification and healthcare. The Latino community is diverse and its contribution to the greatness of our nation will help propel America to new heights of greatness."

Online, Zerco information is at www.zerco.com and TLC's website is www.TheLatinoCoalition.com.

Zerco, based in Brookfield, Ohio, is a developer and integrator of proprietary optical memory card technology and biometric verification-based identification systems for homeland security and healthcare, addressing ID management issues domestically and internationally.

Niotti-Soltesz said, "Initially, Zerco will conduct two important pilot programs through the TLC. This Spring we expect the first program to get underway, focusing on the visitor worker ID challenges we face in America. This Summer, the second program is expected to begin work to initiate a comprehensive health card ID system using Zerco's proprietary optical card and card reader technology."

Niotti-Soltesz added, "Through the TLC's effort to promote comprehensive immigration reform, we will address the need for a biometric optical card to provide adequate identification to address illegal worker problems affecting companies and individuals."

He noted, "Through TLC, its members and sponsors, Zerco will be technology advisor on health care initiatives that affect workers, especially in Hispanic communities in Southern Border States."

Zerco Systems' optical card technology has a wide range of important applicability. In security, the multi-dimensional and high flexible Zerco Systems software and hardware can be of significant use in monitoring borders and protecting harbors. In healthcare, the vast storage capacity of the Zerco Health-eCard meets the needs of providing a personalized single source medical record for all Americans.

Zerco Systems has many corporate alliances, which have included being a subcontractor of Anteon International Corporation, a General Dynamics company, in connection with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) initiative to identify persons entering the U.S. along southern borders. In the past, Zerco Systems also has teamed with the Computer Sciences Corporation relating to Department of Homeland Security airport, seaport and border security.

The Latino Coalition is a non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Washington, D.C. The TLC was established to address policy issues that directly affect the well-being of Hispanics in the United States. TLC's agenda is to develop and promote policies that will foster economic equivalency and enhance overall business, economic and social development of Hispanics. For more information, visit www.TheLatinoCoalition.com .

Zerco Systems International, Inc., headquartered in Brookfield, Ohio, is a developer and integrator of optical memory card technology and biometric-based identification and data storage solutions. Information about Zerco is available at its website: www.Zerco.com . The core component of Zerco System's technology is it's patented, fully integrated, secure, multi-technology, multi-functionality, small footprint and scalable, point-of-contact terminal. Zerco Systems' technologies are used for digital governance applications such as immigration, border crossing visa, cargo manifests, multi-biometric identification cards and other digital read/write card applications. The terminal, which operates in a stand-alone environment, is built around optical memory card technology and also reads magnetic stripe and chip-based (SmartCard) technology.

Contact: Brian Dobson, www.dobsonpr.com & Zerco VP Public Relations

203-894-9240, BD (at) DobsonPR.com

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