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Sirit Inc. Announces New Board Appointments
Sirit Inc. Announces New Board Appointments.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nHoward Johnson to lead audit committee; Art Mesher appointed chairman\n\nTORONTO, April 24 /CNW/ - Sirit Inc. (\"Sirit\") (TSX: SI), a leading\nprovider of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, today reported\nthe election of a new Director to the Company's Board at the Annual General\nMeeting, held on Thursday, April 20, 2006.\nDuring the meeting, shareholders elected seven directors to the Company's\nBoard, now comprised of Norbert Dawalibi, Cal Haverstock, Suresh Kumar, George\nC. McKinnis, Richard I. Segal, Art Mesher and Howard Johnson. Subsequent to\nthe Annual General Meeting (\"AGM\"), Art Mesher was appointed Chairman of the\nBoard of Directors.\n\"Art and Howard bring thought leadership and proven execution skills in\nsupply chain and the arena of mergers and acquisitions,\" commented Norbert\nDawalibi, President and CEO, Sirit Inc. \"As we continue to execute on our\ngrowth plans both through organic growth and potential additional\nacquisitions, it's imperative to build a Board that brings a wealth of\nbusiness development, operational and M&A expertise that will help us to meet\nthose corporate goals going forward.\"\nMr. Johnson is President of Veracap Corporate Finance Ltd. and a Partner\nwith Campbell Valuation Partners Limited in Toronto. He is widely recognized\nfor his expertise in business valuation, acquisitions and divestitures,\nprivate equity financing and shareholder value enhancement strategies.\nMr. Mesher is Chief Executive Officer of Descartes Systems Group Inc. a\nleading provider of on-demand, software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery\nmanagement solutions for transportation, logistics, manufacturing, retail,\ndistribution and service provider enterprises. Before joining Descartes, Art\nlaunched Integrated Logistics Strategies Services for the Gartner Group,\nbuilding the practice into a leading advisor to major global corporations. Mr.\nMesher joined the Sirit board in September 2005.\n\nAbout Sirit Inc.\nSirit Inc. (TSX: SI) is a leading provider of Radio Frequency\nIdentification (RFID) technology worldwide. Harnessing the power of Sirit's\nenabling-RFID technology, customers are able to more rapidly bring high\nquality RFID solutions to the market with reduced initial engineering costs.\nSirit's products are built on more than 12 years of RF domain expertise\naddressing mu...