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Perot Systems Expands Senior Leadership Team in Latin America
 
Enrique Cortes Appointed Managing Director to Head Company's Business Development

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) (http://www.perotsystems.com) today announced the appointment of Enrique Cortes as Managing Director for the company's Latin America region. In his new role, Mr. Cortes will serve as Perot Systems' senior leader in Latin America, primarily responsible for leading the company's business development and market expansion. His current role has been country manager for Perot Systems in Mexico.

"Establishing this new leadership role for Perot Systems in Latin America is a clear sign of our commitment to the IT services industry and the opportunities for our expanding role in this dynamic global market," said Peter Altabef, president and CEO of Perot Systems. "Enrique is an outstanding leader, having played many key roles in the global development of Perot Systems through the years, and we are proud to have him lead our further expansion in Latin America at this time."

Mr. Cortes was instrumental in developing and launching Perot Systems' operations in Guadalajara, Mexico in November, 2006. Since then, the company has grown from 30 associates to more than 300 today, and delivers high tech services from the Guadalajara facility to Perot Systems clients around the world. Perot Systems was ranked as one of the "Best IT & Telecomm Places to Work in Mexico" in March, 2008 by the Great Place to Work Institute and InfoWorld/CIO Mexico.

"I am extremely honored to once again have the opportunity to develop a presence for Perot Systems Corporation in a vibrant and growing global market such as Latin America," said Enrique Cortes, managing director for Latin America for Perot Systems. "It's really the best of both worlds: representing and developing an outstanding company, rich in history, heritage and values in an extraordinary region of our global community, the Latin American markets."

Mr. Cortes added that the key to the company's success in Mexico has been its ability to focus technology solutions on the specific, unique needs of its clients, and hire and train skilled professionals from the region to handle growing demand globally. He said that based on the company's success in Mexico, Perot Systems plans to continue expansion in Latin America.

Mr. Cortes began his career with Perot Systems in Europe, where he had operational responsibilities with clients in the U.K., The Netherlands, Switzerland and France. He has been an active participant in the globalization of Perot Systems, launching operations in Guadalajara, the Philippines and India.

Mr. Cortes currently serves on the board of TEC de Monterrey campus Guadalajara School of Engineering, the board of CADELEC, and he is the leader of the Council of ITO/BPO services council of CADELEC/CANIETI in Mexico. Mr. Cortes has published multiple scholarly papers in the fields of intelligent systems, data bases, systems performance, and global delivery of IT services.

Mr. Cortes is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science, and holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Arizona State University. He studied Computer Engineering at TEC de Monterrey in Mexico, and attended the "Leadership in Professional Services" program at Harvard Business School.

About Perot Systems

Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of information technology services and business solutions. Through its flexible and collaborative approach, Perot Systems integrates expertise from across the company to deliver custom solutions that enable clients to accelerate growth, streamline operations and create new levels of customer value. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Perot Systems reported 2007 revenue of $2.6 billion. The company has more than 23,000 associates located in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific. Additional information on Perot Systems is available at http://www.perotsystems.com/.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. For factors that could affect our business and cause actual results to differ materially, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and available at http://www.sec.gov/, as updated in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed after such Form 10-K, for additional information regarding risk factors. We disclaim any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise.

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