It is a well-established fact that a company is only as good as its staff. The GLOBAL staff for security has been predominantly selected from the U.S. Government, Military and Law Enforcement Agencies. They have served as field operatives and senior executives in intelligence collection, technical penetrations, signal intercept, staff and tactical communications, computer and communications vulnerabilities and transportation vulnerabilities. In our trade and development area Global has selected individuals with extensive experience in international business, development and finance.
GLOBAL'S KEY STAFF MEMBERS
 Ralph C. Hughes
Mr. Hughes founded GLOBAL ENTERPRISES in 1989 and has built it into a highly successful and growing business. He is the company CEO and Chairman, and as such provides overall management of Global's business activities. Before graduating with Honors from the University of Arizona, he was the president of the University's chapter of Delta Sigma Pi, the men's Business Fraternity. He was also a member of Beta Alpha Psi, the National Accounting Honorary Society. He did his graduate work at the University of Chicago, with a concentration on economics and political science. Mr. Hughes joined the Central Intelligence in 1965 and had an outstanding career in the Operations Directorate, where specialized in Middle Eastern operations. He was the Agency Station Chief in several countries and he held senior management positions at the Agency's Headquarters. He retired from the CIA in 1989.
 Robert K. Kelley
Senior Vice President
for International and Legal Affairs
Bob Kelley has 25 years experience in international business, government relations and diplomacy, He served as Counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee, Deputy Senate Legal Counsel, and Deputy to the President's Special Representative and Ambassador at Large for Nuclear Nonproliferation. In Iraq, he serviced as Counselor to Ambassadors John Negroponte, Jerry Bremer, and Jim Jeffrey. During this time Mr. Kelley developed relationships with almost every member of Congress, the current Vice President and Secretary of State. In Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, he has helped Motorola compete for and win large cellular infrastructure contracts, has represented the President of Mozambique, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, the City of Frankfurt, Germany (he speaks fluent German, lived in Germany for 5 years, and served 20 years on the Board of the American Council on Germany, Brazil's Odebrecht Construction company, and Turkey's Alarko. He has also worked on business and government affairs in South Africa, Algeria, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Liberia, and Korea, and has strong relationships with business leaders in those countries.
SELIM EDES
Senior Consultant for Engineering and Design
Mr. Edes is a highly experienced engineer with BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. His career began with the Turkish Highway Department but his determination and intelligence soon led him to major constructions jobs. He joined the large German construction company Hochtief A.G. in 1970 to become the site manager for the huge Bosphorus Suspension Bridge connecting Europe and Asia. Subsequently Mr. Edes was a partner in Dorttas Construction Company and later started his own company, Eska Construction Company where he was a major shareholder and served as CEO and Chairman from 1975 to 1991. While at Eska Mr. Edes invented and executed the "multi-fold concrete system." Also during this time he developed and built (and owned in part) an entire award winning town, several resorts, hotels, shopping malls, marinas, cement factories, condos, hospitals plus housing and other facilities at US, NATO and Turkish military sites. Pictures of some of his projects can be found on this web site. His experience in construction and development for the most part was in Turkey, but he also had projects in Israel, Libya and the U.S. Finally, many of Mr. Edes' projects were partially financed by the U.S. EXIM Bank.
KEMAL EDES
Director of Business Development
Kemal Edes holds a BA degree from American university in Washington DC.
Subsequently he did graduate work in web programming and project management.
After completing his education Mr. Edes worked on large-scale marketing and
Web projects for the National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
The Library of Congress, the Meyer Foundation, WETA Television, and the Urban
Land Institute. While working as a Project Producer at Washington DC-based
GDK, Mr. Edes handled a multi-year branding initiative with the U.S. National
Park Service and, managed a team of information architects, designers and
programmers.
In the past ten years Mr. Edes worked in business development and project management.
He has worked in a Washington DC based firm as a Project Manager in emerging
economies, including: Turkey, Azerbaijan, Libya and UAE. In his role, Mr.
Edes interacted with government officials and local partners. In his present
role he continues to oversee and coordinate projects in various parts of the
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