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Sprylogics Expands its Advisory Board with the Addition of William Kirsh and Jan Klein
TORONTO, March 22, 2012 /CNW/ - Sprylogics International Corp. - TSX Venture: SPY ("Spryl...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nTORONTO, March 22, 2012 /CNW/ - Sprylogics International Corp. - TSX Venture: SPY (\"Sprylogics\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the addition of\n two more industry leaders to its Advisory Board.  The Company welcomes\n William Kirsh and Jan Klein.\n\n\n\"We're very pleased to add two Advisory Board members with key expertise\n and knowledge, to our team of advisors. William has deep roots in\n media, mobile and internet sectors and has achieved great success in\n these areas and Jan brings a highly analytical and technical\n perspective that is valuable in our strategic plans and evaluation of\n opportunities going forward. These gentlemen complement our existing\n team of advisors as we move forward and continue to execute our\n strategic plan. I look forward to their input\", said Marvin Igelman,\n Chief Executive Officer of Sprylogics.\n\n\nWilliam Kirsh\n\n\nWilliam Kirsh is the founder of Primedia, which is South Africa's 2nd largest media group and the only major media group to have emerged in\n post-apartheid South Africa. It is also one of the most diversified\n media groups in the world.\n\n\nHe established the group in 1994 and was the CEO from inception, until\n he resigned to pursue family and other interests in August 2009. The\n group was delisted from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in\n September 2007, in a transaction valued at $1 billion having grown from\n $20 million when first established.\n\n\nWilliam is now currently CEO of a new group, Value + Network, which he\n recently established to consolidate another fragmented sector of the\n South African market which embraces inter alia, internet and mobile\n technologies and platforms.\n\n\nPrior to establishing Primedia, William worked at Shearson Lehman Hutton\n in New York in mergers and acquisitions (1988 to 1991), and on his\n return to South Africa in 1991, established a boutique private equity\n business, which led him to secure control, in 1993, over a cash shell\n listed on the JSE, renamed Primequity, which then became his vehicle to\n build Primedia.  In 2005, William was nominated as one of South\n Africa's finalists in the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Awards.\n\n\nJan Klein\n\n\nJan has been both a venture capitalist and operating executive who has\n spent over 25 years in the telecommunications, medi...