Clekt was started with a simple principle: data is one of a company's most important assets, but too few organisations are leveraging it to generate real commercial value. Yet, the more data-driven you can become the more efficient your operations can be and the more customers you can attract.
We believe passionately that the ability to access and leverage data will become even more critical to meet evolving customer expectations and to benefit from advancements in data science, machine learning and AI.
In our experience, most businesses are simply not set up to properly use their data and the costs of large-scale transformation are prohibitive and unnecessary.
Our CEO and Co-Founder Andy Tudor witnessed some of the challenges above in his 20 + years in Leadership roles within large retail businesses but felt there had to be another way and so Clekt was born in April 2020.
Since founding Clekt, we have processed billions of lines of data and dozens of companies have seen quantifiable business benefit from better access to their data.
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Getting value from data is not just about buying systems and technology, we have deliberately assembled a team of subject matter and industry experts who can understand and translate your business requirements to deliver an appropriate business architecture.
Clekt was borne out of a desire to provide genuine and unequivocal partnership to our Clients. Having worked for the majority of his career as a customer of technology companies, Andy knows what partnership means. Clekt’s entire business model has been created with a core partnership value in mind, we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients to go after data driven business opportunities together and we feel the mutual benefit when they are successful. Clekt’s team will provide a guiding hand, provide constructive criticism and be totally honest. Above all else Clekt will be an extension of your brand and your team – a dependable and trustworthy partner that delivers results consistently.
In 2019 Andy decided to co-found Clekt with a vision of supporting businesses to harness the commercial outcomes that effective use of technology and data can achieve.
This followed spending the majority of his career working in technology and data leadership roles in retail businesses. Cultivating expertise, spending over 20 years’ experience in Retail Technology, working with various brands up to Operating Board Level at leading brands such as Monsoon Accessorize. On the other side of the coin, he has experience on the technology supplier side from his time at Retail Assist and OneStock.
He made this choice because he recognised the growing importance of data as an asset to businesses and as a tool to help drive competitive advantage.
Andy’s expertise is in helping businesses to spot the opportunities to leverage technology and data more effectively and then to provide a practical, guiding hand to drive positive outcomes.
Outside of work Andy is an avid F1 fan with McLaren being his favourite team. Andy’s home office is adorned with F1 memorabilia and Lando Norris is his favourite driver in today’s F1 line up. Andy and his wife can also be found on the touchline watching their three sons playing football most weekends. With Cooper, their springer spaniel, completing the family line up Andy comes into work on a Monday for a rest!
James is our Commercial Director, responsible for Sales, Marketing and Partnerships at Clekt.
He has worked in commercial roles in SaaS businesses for almost 15 years across a number of sectors, with a particular focus on growing and scaling start up businesses. James has been with Clekt since we started in April 2020 and was previously part of the founding team at Poq.
Outside of work, he likes travelling, pretty much any sporting activity from running, to squash and 5 a side football.
James is our Commercial Director, responsible for Sales, Marketing and Partnerships at Clekt.
He has worked in commercial roles in SaaS businesses for almost 15 years across a number of sectors, with a particular focus on growing and scaling start up businesses. James has been with Clekt since we started in April 2020 and was previously part of the founding team at Poq.
Outside of work, he likes travelling, pretty much any sporting activity from running, to squash and 5 a side football.
Nigel is the CTO at Clekt and has spent his entire career working in IT. Initially starting as a Programmer for major blue-chip companies like Ladbrokes, HSBC and Syntex Pharmaceuticals, before setting up his own company to design and deliver solutions to the Retail sector.
That change of direction, took him on a 30-year adventure from an initial company with one employee, to 2017 when the business was sold with in excess of 270 employees. Retail processes and technology changed significantly over that time and therefore there was never a dull moment. With the design and development of the Merret Retail ERP solution and the development of Retail Assist, a services business, the company grow from strength to strength.
Being a person who relishes a new challenge, Nigel joined Clekt in 2021 as their CTO and has helped to define and deliver the Clekt Enterprise Data Hub, as a leading-edge Modern Data Platform for clients across a number of different sectors.
In his spare time, he enjoys travelling, sailing and attempting (badly) to play golf!
Claudia was part of the founding team at Clekt and has seen the business evolve and grow over the past two years, helping more and more companies find value in their data. As Head of Operations her role is ultimately to ensure all back-end processes and procedures are running as efficiently as possible.
This ranges from making sure projects are delivered on time and within budget, to overseeing seamless onboarding for both new employees and clients.
Outside of work you’ll often find Claudia on and amongst the mountains. Spending a large amount of time in the French Alps, Claudia is an avid rock climber and downhill mountain biker. Having taken her passion for climbing to the next level, creating a small retail business selling athleisure wear.
Claudia was part of the founding team at Clekt and has seen the business evolve and grow over the past two years, helping more and more companies find value in their data. As Head of Operations her role is ultimately to ensure all back-end processes and procedures are running as efficiently as possible.
This ranges from making sure projects are delivered on time and within budget, to overseeing seamless onboarding for both new employees and clients.
Outside of work you’ll often find Claudia on and amongst the mountains. Spending a large amount of time in the French Alps, Claudia is an avid rock climber and downhill mountain biker. Having taken her passion for climbing to the next level, creating a small retail business selling athleisure wear.
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