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 Exhibit 10.3  

View Systems, Inc. Engagement Agreement with Bruce Lesniak

Consulting
Agreement

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    This
Agreement is made effective as of July  , 1999, by and between View Systems, Inc., of 925 West Kenyon Avenue, Suite 15, Englewood, Colorado 80110, and
Lesniak & Associates, West 303 North 3211, Timber Hill Court, Pewaukee, Wisconsin 53072.

    In
this Agreement, the party who is contracting to receive services shall be referred to as "View" or "Company", and the party who will be providing the services shall be referred to
as "Lesniak".

    Lesniak
has a background in marketing, business development and management for security and surveillance products and is willing to provide services to View based on this background.

    View
desires to have services provided by Lesniak.

Therefore,
the parties agree as follows:

    1.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES. Beginning June 1, 1999, Lesniak is hereby engaged as a consultant to the Company to provide the
following services (collectively, the "Services"): Sales, Marketing, Management Consulting and Business Development Services.

    2.
PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES. All costs and expenses incurred by Lesniak in the operation of Lesniak's business, including office
rentals, stenographic or clerical services, telephone, advertising, mailing, travel expenses and other operating expenses, shall be paid by Lesniak, and Lesniak shall not be entitled to reimbursement
therefor from the Company. The Company shall reimburse Lesniak for all of its expenses directly related to work for the Company.

    3.
PAYMENT.

    (a)
Monthly Cash Payments. View will pay Lesniak for its Services the monthly amount of $4,000 per month. This fee shall be payable
monthly, on the first day of the month for which the services are to be provided, and shall be subject to periodic review and adjustment by the Company. Upon termination of this Agreement, payments
under this paragraph shall cease; provided, however, that Lesniak shall be entitled to payments for periods or partial periods that occurred prior to the date of termination and for which Lesniak has
not yet been paid and also for other payment provided under this Agreement. View shall not deduct or withhold from these payments, and Lesniak shall be paid as a consultant and not as an employee.

    (b)
Incentive Bonus. The Board of Directors of the Company will determine each year whether to pay Lesniak an annual incentive bonus
based upon Company's performance and the results achieved by Lesniak in its job performance.

    (e)
Options. Pursuant to the Stock Option Plan that is adopted by Company, Lesniak shall be granted non-qualified options
to purchase shares of Company Common Stock, such Options to accrue and to be granted in the event that Lesniak is employed and according to a determined schedule. This schedule shall be monthly grants
of options to purchase 4,000 shares of Company's common stock, or monthly grants of options to purchase an amount equal to one share for every dollar of monthly cash compensation Lesniak earns, during
the first 12 months of service, with such service deemed to have begun on July 1, 1999. The options issued under the Company's Stock Option Plan during the first 12 months of
service (beginning July 1, 1999) shall have a strike or exercise price of $.01 per share.

    (f)
Shares Under Restricted Share Plan. Upon execution of this Agreement, Lesniak shall be entitled to receive 140,000 shares of stock
in the View Systems, Inc. 1999 Restricted Share Plan, with any contractual restrictions in such shares lapsing on August 1, 1999.

    4. COMMISSION PAYMENTS FOR SALES OF PRODUCT.

    (a)
For purposes of this Agreement:

    (i)
"New Business" shall mean actual sales of Product for which a purchase order is submitted by Lesniak for sale to a customer, provided that (A) the Product being ordered is
not the subject of a previous purchase order or contract for such customer, and (B) the ordering customer has not ordered or received any Product as a direct result of efforts of other
representatives of Company.

    (ii)
"Invoiced Price" shall mean the net invoiced price for the Products delivered to the customer, as reflected in the Company's invoice rendered to the customer, after deduction of
all trade discounts, freight and transportation charges or transportation allowances, all sales and other taxes, C.O.D. charges, insurance and similar costs and charges.

    (b)
Subject to subsection (c) hereof, Lesniak shall be entitled to receive commissions based on the Invoiced Price of deliveries by the Company during the term of this
Agreement of Products constituting New Business which are sold to customers pursuant to purchase orders submitted by Lesniak and for which the Company actually receives payment. The amount of the
commissions shall be subject to the agreement of the parties at the time the opportunity is identified, which agreed commission amount shall be specified in writing.

    (c)
The Company shall have the right to deduct from or charge back against Lesniak's commission account the amount of any commissions credited or paid to Lesniak in respect of
Products which have been returned by a customer, any allowance credited to a customer for any reason and all allowable deductions made by a customer when remitting payment, such as for adjustments,
discounts and credits. The Company shall have the right to charge back against Lesniak's commission account a pro rata amount of any commissions already credited or paid to Lesniak when final
settlement is made or completed with a customer on other than a full payment basis. Any such settlement shall be made at the sole discretion of the Company. The Company shall have the right to deduct
from or charge back against Lesniak's commission account a pro rata amount of any commissions previously paid or credited to Lesniak on shipments for which the Company shall not have been fully paid
by the customer in accordance with the payment terms applicable to the order, regardless of the reason for such non-payment. If any such sums are realized at a later date upon said
accounts, the Company will pay
Lesniak its percentage of commission applicable to the original sale on the net proceeds of such subsequent collection. The Company shall have the right to deduct from or charge back against Lesniak's
commission account the amount of all draws against commission previously received from Lesniak.

    (d)
Commissions shall be payable within 20 days after the end of each month in which the Company receives payment of any invoice in respect of which Lesniak is entitled to a
commission pursuant to this section. Lesniak shall not be entitled to any advance payments.

    (e)
The Company will furnish, at Lesniak's request, but not more frequently than once a month,, a statement showing the Invoiced Price of shipments to Lesniaks customers, resellers,
and OEMs during the preceding calendar month, the computation of credits and deductions to Lesniak's account and the net balance due.

    5.
COMMISSION FOR MERGER/SALE. Where the sale of the Company's assets, or a merger of the Company, is procured by Lesniak, subject to
approval of the Company's board of directors, Lesniak shall be entitled to receive a commission for the sale of substantially all of the Company's assets or merger of View into a third party equal to
an amount agreed to by the parties at the time the opportunity is identified. This agreed commission shall be put in writing.

    6.
SUPPORT SERVICES. View will not provide support services, including office space and secretarial services, for the benefit of
Lesniak.

    7.
TERM/TERMINATION.

    (A) The Initial Term of this Agreement shall commence on the effective date noted above and it shall continue in effect unless terminated by either party upon
sixty (60) days written notice.

    (B)
This Agreement and Lesniak's employment may be terminated by Company at its discretion at any time, provided that if the termination is without cause, for a period of one year
following such termination, Lesniak shall be paid his monthly cash payments (and stock options) and a bonus for year equivalent in value to the bonus received in the year prior to his termination.

    (C)
This Agreement may be terminated by Lesniak at Lesniak's discretion by providing at least sixty (60) days prior written notice to the Company. In the event of termination
by Lesniak pursuant to this subsection, Company may immediately relieve Lesniak of all duties and immediately terminate this Agreement, provided that View shall pay Lesniak the compensation Lesniak
has earned hereunder to the termination date included in Lesniak's original termination notice.

    (D)
In the event Company is acquired, or is the non-surviving party in a merger, or sells all or substantially all of its assets, this Agreement shall not be deemed
terminated as a result thereof..

    8.
RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES. It is understood by the parties that Lesniak is an independent contractor with respect to View, and not an
employee of View. View will not provide fringe benefits, including health insurance benefits, paid vacation, or any other employee benefit, for the benefit of Lesniak. View will not withhold any
employee taxes from payments to Lesniak.

    9.
DISCLOSURE. Lesniak is required to disclose any outside activities or interests, including ownership or participation in the
development of prior inventions, that conflict or may conflict with the best
interests of View. Prompt disclosure is required under this paragraph if the activity or interest is related, directly or indirectly, to:

—a
product or product line of View 

—a manufacturing process of View 

—a customer of View 

—a stratgic business partner, including reseller, OEM, sales rep or licensor/ee of View

    10. EMPLOYEES. LESNIAK's employees, if any, who perform services for View under this Agreement shall also be bound by the provisions of
this Agreement.

    11.
ASSIGNMENT. LESNIAK's obligations under this Agreement may not be assigned or transferred to any other person, firm, or corporation
without the prior written consent of View.

    12.
CONFIDENTIALITY.

    (a)
Lesniak and the Company recognize that due to the nature of Lesniak's engagement with the Company and his relationship to the Company's business, Lesniak will have access to and
will acquire, and may assist in developing, confidential and proprietary information relating to the business and operations of the Company and its affiliates, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, information with respect to pricing, present and prospective products and customers, and sales and marketing information and data. Lesniak acknowledges that such
information has been and will continue to be of critical importance to the business of the Company and its affiliates and that disclosure of it to or its use by others could cause substantial loss to
the Company.

    (b)
Lesniak agrees that during or after the term of this Agreement, it will not, in any manner, either directly or indirectly, use, disclose to others, or permit the use by or
disclosure to any person, firm or entity, or use in any manner except as specifically authorized under this Agreement, any trade secrets or other

confidential or proprietary information learned by it or any of its employees, agents and affiliates during the course of the activities contemplated hereunder concerning any matters affecting or
relating to the business of the Company, including without limitation the generality of the foregoing, information, whether written or otherwise, regarding customers, prospective customers, customer
lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, new or proposed products, formulae, compositions, machines, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, technical data, reports, forecasts, bidding
information, prospective and executed contracts and other business arrangements, and sources of supply. All such confidential material and data shall remain the property of the Company; Lesniak shall
return all such materials and data, and all copies thereof and excerpts therefrom, to the Company promptly on demand, and in any event upon termination of this Agreement, and will retain no copies
thereof or excerpts therefrom.

    (c)
The provisions of this paragraph shall survive termination of this Agreement and shall continue until such trade secrets and confidential information become public knowledge
through no fault of such party or any of its employees, agents or dealers.

    13.
NON-SOLICITATION. Lesniak agrees that during the term of this Agreement and for a period of one year from and after the
date of termination of this Agreement, he will not, directly or indirectly, for his own account and benefit or for or on behalf of any other person or entity (except for the Company), or as owner,
partner, director, officer, employee, agent, consultant or otherwise: encourage
any customer or any vendor or supplier of the Company to cease doing business with the Company in whole or in part.

    14.
REMEDIES. The parties hereto acknowledge that the provisions of this Agreement are of particular importance for the protection and
promotion of their existing and future interest; that the relationships of the parties to each other will be such that, in the event of any breach of this Agreement, a claim for monetary damages may
not constitute an adequate remedy; and that it may therefore be necessary for the protection of the parties and to carry out the terms of this Agreement to apply for the specific performance of the
provisions hereof or to enjoin the violation of this Agreement. It is accordingly hereby agreed by all parties that no objection to the form of the action or the relief prayed for in any proceeding
for specific performance of or injunction under this Agreement shall be raised by any party, in order that such relief may be expeditiously obtained by an aggrieved party.

    16.
RETURN OF RECORDS. Upon termination of this Agreement, LESNIAK shall deliver all records, notes, data, memoranda, models, and
equipment of any nature that are in LESNIAK's possession or under LESNIAK's control and that are View's property or relate to View's business.

    17. NOTICES. All notices required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed delivered when delivered in
person or deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

IF
for View:

View
Systems, Inc. 

Gunther Than 

President 

9693 Gerwig Lane, Suite O 

Columbia, Maryland 21046

IF
for LESNIAK:

Lesniak &
Associates 

C/o Bruce Lesniak 

West 303 North 3211 

Timber Hill Court 

Pewaukee, Wisconsin 53072

Such address may be changed from time to time by either party by providing written notice to the other in the manner set forth above.

    18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties and there are no other promises or conditions in any
other agreement whether oral or written. This Agreement supersedes any prior written or oral agreements between the parties.

    19.
AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be modified or amended if the amendment is made in writing and is signed by both parties.

    20.
SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining
provisions shall continue to be valid and enforceable. If a court finds that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, but that by limiting such provision it would become valid and
enforceable, then such provision shall be deemed to be written, construed, and enforced as so limited.

    21.
WAIVER OF CONTRACTUAL RIGHT. The failure of either party to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a
waiver or limitation of that party's right to subsequently enforce and compel strict compliance with every provision of this Agreement.

    In Witness Whereof, the parties, intending to be bound, execute this document under seal.

Party
receiving services: 

View Systems, Inc.

	By:	
	 	(SEAL)
	 	Gunther Than

President	 	 
	 

Party providing services:	 
 	 

 
	 
Lesniak & Associates	 
 	 

 
	 

By:	 

	 
 	 

(SEAL)
	 	Bruce Lesniak	 	 

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 Exhibit 10.4  

View Systems, Inc. Employment Agreement with David Bruggeman

EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT

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    This
Agreement (hereinafter "Agreement") is entered into between View Systems, Inc., whose principal place of business is 9693 Gerwig Lane, Suite O, Columbia, Maryland 21046,
fax (410) 290-5917 ("Employer") David C. Bruggeman, 6529 Quiet Hours #103, Columbia, Md. 21045 ("Employee").

    In
consideration of the employment or continued employment of Employee by Employer, Employer and Employee agree as follows:

    1.
Employment, Complete Agreement, and Modification

    Commencing
March 15, 1999, Employer agrees to employ or continue to employ Employee and Employee agrees to be employed by Employer on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
This Agreement supersedes all previous correspondence, promises, representations, and agreements, if any, either written or oral. No provision of this Agreement may be modified except by a writing
signed both by Employer and Employee.

    2.
Duties

    Employee
shall perform any and all duties now and hereafter assigned to Employee by Employer, or performed by Employee whether or not assigned to Employee. Employee agrees to abide by
Employer's rules, regulations, and practices, including those concerning work schedules, vacation and sick leave, as they may from time to time be adopted or modified.

    3. Termination of Employment

    This
employee is employed at will. Employer may terminate Employee at any time with or without cause. Employee may terminate Employee's employment at any time with or without cause.
Employer shall provide Employee either thirty (30) days prior written notice of termination or severance pay in an amount equal to Employee's salary on date of termination for thirty
(30) days. Employee shall provide Employer thirty (30) days prior written notice of his or her termination.

    4.
Health Insurance

    Employee
shall receive continuous health insurance coverage from either Employer, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, with at least the same or better quality of coverage as was in
effect on March 1, 1999, when Employee was employed by Employer's wholly owned subsidiary, Xyros Systems, Inc. Employer can provide this health insurance coverage through either a plan
maintained by its subsidiaries or affiliates, or a plan maintained by Employer.

    5.
Duty to Devote Full time and to Avoid Conflict of Interest

    Employee
agrees that during the period of employment, Employee shall devote full-time efforts to his or her duties as an employee of Employer. During the period of
employment, Employee further agrees not to (i) solely or jointly with others undertake or join any planning for or organization of any business activity competitive with the business activities
of Employer; and (ii) directly or indirectly, engage or participate in any other activities in conflict with the best interest of Employer.

    6.
Information Disclosed Remains Property of Employer

    All
ideas, concepts, information, and written material disclosed to Employee by Employer, or it's wholly owned subsidiary Xyros Systems, Inc. or acquired from a customer or
prospective customer of

Employer (or Xyros Systems, Inc.), are and shall remain the sole and exclusive property and proprietary information of Employer (including Xyros Systems, Inc.) or such customers, and are
disclosed in confidence by Employer or permitted to be acquired from such customers in reliance on Employee's agreement to maintain them in confidence and not to use or disclose them to any other
person except in furtherance of Employer's(including Xyros Systems, Inc.) business.

    7.
Inventions and Creations Belong to Employer

    Any
and all inventions, discoveries, improvements, or creations (collectively "Creations") which Employee has conceived or made or may conceive or make during the period of
employment, or the period of employment by any subsidiary/corporate affiliates of Employer, in any way, directly or indirectly, connected with Employer's business (including the business of its
subsidiaries/corporate affiliates) shall be the sole and exclusive property of Employer. Employee agrees that all copyrightable works created by Employee or under Employer's direction in connection
with Employer's business are "works made for hire" and shall be the sole and complete property of Employer and that any and all copyrights to such works shall belong to Employer. To the extent such
works are not deemed to be "works made for hire," Employee hereby assigns all proprietary rights, including copyright, in these works to Employer without further compensation.

    As
related to View products, Employee further agrees to (i) disclose promptly to Employer all such Creations which Employee has made or may make solely, jointly or commonly
with others; (ii) assign all such Creations to Employer; and (iii) execute and sign any and all applications, assignments, or other instruments which Employer may deem necessary in order
to enable it, at its expense, to apply for, prosecute, and obtain copyrights, patents or other proprietary rights in the United States and foreign countries or in order to transfer to Employer all
right, title, and interest in said Creations.

    It is understood that View Technologies, Inc., Xyros Systems, Inc. and RealView Systems, Inc. are corporate subsidiaries or affiliates of
View Systems, Inc. The term Employer as it is used in paragraphs 6-12 herein shall be deemed to include these corporate subsidiaries or affiliates.

    8.
Confidentiality

    a.
Definition. During the term of employment with Employer, Employee will have access to and become acquainted with various trade
secrets and other proprietary and confidential information which are owned by Employer (or Xyros Systems, Inc.)and which are used in the operation of Employer's (or Xyros System's) business.
"Trade secrets and other proprietary and confidential information" consist of, for example, and not intending to be inclusive, (i) software (source and object code), algorithms, computer
processing systems, techniques, methodologies, formulae, processes, compilations of information,
drawings, proposals, job notes, reports, records, and specifications; and (ii) information concerning any matters relating to the business of Employer (or Xyros Systems, Inc.) any of its
customers, customer contact, licenses, the prices it obtains or has obtained for the licensing of its software products and services or hardware, or any other information concerning the business of
the Employer (including Xyros Systems Inc.) and Employer's good will.

    b. No Disclosure. Employee shall not disclose or use in any manner, directly or indirectly, any such trade secrets and other
proprietary and confidential information either during the term of this Agreement or for a period of 3 years after termination, except as required in the course of employment with Employer or
by Order of a Court of competent jurisdiction over Employee. Employee shall use his best efforts in complying with this obligation.

    9.
Return of Material

    Employee
agrees that, upon request of Employer or upon termination of employment, Employee shall turn over to Employer all documents, disks or other computer media, or other material
in his or her possession or under his or her control that (i) may contain or be derived from ideas, concepts, Creations,

or trade secrets and other proprietary and confidential information as set forth, or (ii) are connected with or derived from Employee's services to Employer, or Xyros Systems Inc.

    10.
Inducing Employees to Leave Employer; Employment of Employees

    Any
attempt on the part of Employee to induce others to leave Employer's employ, or the employee of Employer's subsidiaries or corporate affiliates, or any effort by Employee to
interfere with Employer's relationship with its other employees would be harmful and damaging to Employer. Employee agrees that during the term of employment and for a period of twelve
(12) months thereafter, Employee will not in any way, directly or indirectly (i) induce or attempt to induce any employee of Employer (or its subsidiaries, corporate affiliates) to quit
employment with Employer (or its subsidiaries, corporate affiliates); (ii) otherwise interfere with or disrupt Employer's (or Employer's subsidiaries, corporate affiliates) relationship with
its employees'; (iii) solicit, entice, or hire away any Employee of Employer (or Employer's subsidiaries, affiliates.

    11. Nonsolicitation of Business

    For
a period of twelve (12) months from the date of termination of employment, Employee will not divert or attempt to divert from Employer (or its subsidiaries, corporate
affiliates) any business Employer (or its subsidiaries, corporate affiliates) had enjoyed or solicited from its customers during the twelve (12) months prior to termination of his or her
employment.

    12.
Remedies—Injunction

    In
the event of a breach or threatened breach by Employee of any of the provisions of this Agreement, Employee agrees that Employer—in addition to and not in limitation of
any other rights, remedies, or damages available to Employer at law or in equity shall be entitled to a permanent injunction in order to prevent or restrain any such breach by Employee or by
Employee's partners, agents, representatives, servants, employees, and/or any and all persons directly or indirectly acting for or with Employee.

    13.
Severability

    In
the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, those provisions to the extent enforceable and all other
provisions shall nevertheless continue to be valid and enforceable as though the invalid or unenforceable parts had not been included in this Agreement. In the event that any provisions relating to
the time period or scope of a restriction shall be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to exceed the maximum time period or scope such court deems reasonable and enforceable, then the time
period or scope of the restriction deemed reasonable and enforceable by the court shall become and shall thereafter be the maximum time period or the applicable scope of the restriction.

    14.
Governing Law

    This
Agreement shall be construed and enforced according to the laws of the State of Maryland.

    15.
Agreement Read, Understood, and Fair

    Employee
has carefully read and considered all provisions of this Agreement and agrees that all of the restrictions set forth are fair and reasonable and are reasonably required for
the protection of the interest of Employer.

	View Systems, Inc.

EMPLOYER:	 	David C. Bruggeman

EMPLOYEE:
	 

 Signature	 
 	 

 Signature
	 

Gunther Than	 
 	 

David C. Bruggeman
	 

Chief Executive Officer	 
 	 

 
	 

 Date	 
 	 

 Date

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