About Us
Specle is the ad specs company. It was created by Tom Beckenham in 2007 to transform the way print media specifications were presented and accessed.
Tom’s years of experience enabled him to build from scratch a database structure and architecture that was specifically designed to graphically represent the worlds print media specifications online, clearly and easily.
It also centralises previously difficult-to-find information in one site and optimises it for search via the internet.
Specle initially launched in Belgium early 2009 and attracted all 6 top publishers in the region which cover over 98% of Belgium’s newspaper and magazine titles.
By November 2009, Specle had secured the support of the most of the UK’s national newspaper and magazine groups as well. The database continues to grow with more publishers being added every month.
Organisations such as The Guardian Media Group, Mirror Group, and Northcliffe Media now exclusively use Specle to communicate their ad specifications.
Tom Beckenham - Founder & CTO
A successful developer, entrepreneur, and graphic arts enthusiast. Born in Australia, and now firmly London based, Tom began his career in Fine Arts as a computer animator where found an interest in software development and architecture.
His career in pre-press began in 1999 at Quickcut pre-press network (later to be acquired by Adstream) who specialized in digital delivery of advertising. Tom, a talented developer, created and ran a team of developers that built the QuickPrint 5 product; one of their most successful and profitable products.
Alison Jarrett - Data Manager
Aly joined Specle in June 2009 and has been involved pre-press, publishing and advertising for over 18 years. Her client liaison and customer service career includes Dupont, Agfa and Quickcut where she has held pivotal roles in maintaining customer satisfaction and training.
She is a highly motivated, well respected and extremely customer focused person working closely with clients to ensure that they have all the support that they need.
She also co-ordinates and manages customer feedback directly to new developments at Specle to ensure future programs continually support the enhancements our clients need.
Simon Murray - CEO
Simon is a successful entrepreneur, manager of start-up businesses and investor in early-stage start-ups.
He founded Omega Logic in 1999, a leading specialist top-up provider for the UK mobile phone networks. He raised £1 million in finance from business angels and built the company to revenue of £20 million. In January 2003 he helped lead the trade-sale to a privately held competitor company and became their CTO; including its subsidiaries.
Simon is a member of The London Business Angel Network and has several other investments in a variety of industries.
Steve Daykin - Non-Exec Director
A Chartered Accountant with over 25 years business experience. Steve has been involved in the publishing industry for over 15 years after working for Price Waterhouse Coopers for 10 years.
Steve is currently Finance Director at a large Publishing and Digital company based in London.
In the past Steve has been Group Finance Director & Deputy CEO Home Counties Newspapers Holdings plc, Group Commercial Director Bristol United Press plc plus many other NXD roles for both public and private (VC backed) companies.