FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 19/08/16
Press Release : Berlin based company SPRYLAB opens London office and hires staff
SPRYLAB technologies GmbH, a leading Berlin based mobile technology company, specialising within the
digital publishing sector, has expanded into the UK market and have opened their first international office
in Old Street in London.
This coincides with the appointment of John Rahim as UK Senior Manager, Sales & Marketing. Rahim
who until recently worked as Head of Digital at the cross-media agency Rhapsody. Rahim has worked for
digital agencies for over 20 years overseeing projects for brands such as Apple, Bauer Media, Time Inc. &
Penguin Books, Allianz Group and Sage Software amongst others.
John will be responsible for overseeing the sales and marketing activities of SPRYLAB’s digital publishing
platform, Purple DS®, and will be responsible for establishing their presence in the UK.
SPRYLAB was founded in 2007 in Berlin and the company now employs more than 50 employees .
With their own digital publishing solution Purple DS®, SPRYLAB helps brands and marketers to create
unique content, apps and services. The products and solutions encourage advanced ways of communication, improve customer retention, and facilitate the development of new markets. This provides their customers a clear competitive edge in our digital age.
Their diverse customer base includes major publishers such as Bauer Media, Axel Springer and Hurbert
Burda as well as larger cooperation’s such as Mercedes-Benz, The British Red Cross and Deutsche Bahn.
Purple DS® supports different workflows – from pixel perfect to continuous publishing to an app-newsfeed directly via a CMS including integration of advertising from platforms such as Google’s DoubleClick.
York Walterscheid, Global Director of Sales and Marketing commented, “We are delighted to have John
on-board helping us with our expansion into the UK. John has a long standing track record within the digital publishing sector as well as a deep understanding of digital landscape in the UK, something which will
be invaluable in helping us establish a foothold in the UK. We have recently signed a number of global contracts so it made logical and strategic sense to branch out into the UK market where we can see a strong
demand for our Purple DS® platform.”
John Rahim commented, “I am pleased to be working with SPRYLAB technologies, their Purple DS® platform is the most innovative digital publishing system in the market place and I look forward to work with
the team in Berlin in establishing their UK offering”.
About SPRYLAB Technologies
SPRYLAB was founded in 2007 by Stephan Heck and Benjamin Kolb and has since then enjoyed a healthy
organic growth rate; the company now has more than 50 employees. SPRYLAB helps brands and marketers to create unique content, apps and services. The products and solutions encourage advanced ways
of communication, improve customer retention, and facilitate the development of new markets. This
gives our customers a clear competitive edge in our digital age. Their diverse customer base includes major publishers such as Bauer Media, Axel Springer and Hurbert Burda as well as larger cooperation’s such
as Mercedes-Benz, The British Red Cross and Deutsche Bahn.
SPRYLAB I Purple DS®
The Purple DS ePublishing solution consists of an array of products and services, and supports publishers
and companies along the entire ePublishing process. Regardless of origin (InDesign, CMS, Print, …), anyone can use Purple DS to develop stimulating and interactive content in the form of native apps, web
pages or social media feeds - without writing a single line of code. Purple DS® supports different workflows – from pixel perfect to continuous publishing to an app-newsfeed directly via a CMS including integration of advertising from platforms such as Google’s DoubleClick.
For further information please contact:
York Walterscheid
Global Sales & Marketing Director
Sprylab technologies GmbH
Keithstr. 2-4
Berlin 10787 - Germany
Email: [email protected]
Office: 00 49 160 97433089