As a packaging executive and supplier, Matthew Wright spent 20+ years dealing with spec problems. He founded Specright so people like you can spend less time chasing data and more time making amazing things.
“From automotive and aerospace to beauty, CPG, and food, I saw every industry struggle with a lack of specification data. I also realized any data that did exist was typically worthless because it lacked a common language and was hard to share. Not only was it frustrating, it was bad for business and led to waste. The answer seemed simple: a standard, templated system to manage specs. A single source of truth.”
Matthew Wright
Founder & Executive Chairman, Specright
Our Founding Story
For more than 20 years, Matthew Wright traveled across the country selling packaging, watching everything you can imagine be made. His experience as a supplier led him to create the first Specification Management platform so people could spend less time chasing data and more time making amazing, sustainable things.
Learn More About Matthew’s Story and the rise of Spec Management in his book “The Evolution of Products and Packaging”
Available for download here or for purchase on Amazon.com
“I witnessed the explosion of SKUs during my time at PepsiCo and the rise of eCommerce as the first CEO of Walmart.com. In The Evolution of Products & Packaging, Matthew Wright does more than explain how we got to where we are, but how we can prepare now for where the industry is going.”
Carter Cast
The Michael S. and Mary Sue Shannon Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship at Northwestern Kellogg School of Management
“In The Evolution of Products & Packaging, Matthew Wright provides a first-hand account of the market and consumer shifts that have transformed our industry. Furthermore, he outlines a vision for how we can make better, sustainable and more innovative products and packaging through a data-driven approach. This is a must read for both students and experienced professionals alike.”
Jay Singh
Professor & Packaging Program Director, Orfalea College of Business, Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo
“Specright has exceeded our expectations on value to the process and the business. Our pilot deployment improved cycle time by >60%.”
Rod Patch
Director of Packaging, Johnson & Johnson
What If We Lived In A World Without Waste?
As humans, our lives are governed by constraints.
We only have so much time.
We only have so much money.
Our planet only has so many resources.
Today, people – and companies – want to be sustainable. But there’s a gap between ambition and action. At Specright, we believe in empowering people with the data to close the gap between ambition and action when it comes to sustainability. With a spec-first approach to managing products and packaging, companies can eliminate waste across their business.
Free Human Capital
Too many talented people are chasing data instead of taking action. By giving teams the right tools and data, they can spend less time managing data and more time innovating.
Remove the Choice Between Sustainability and Profitability
We believe the dilemma between making sustainable or profitable products is a false one. When people and companies have end-to-end supply chain data, they can optimize for sustainability at any phase of the product life cycle – or stage of the supply chain – to drive not only sustainability but profitability as well. We imagine a world where companies can be profitable and sustainable and consumers can buy affordable and sustainable products.
Get Things Right Every Time
Most companies budget for “allowable waste” – the concept that mistakes will happen and products or materials will have to be thrown away. We believe that when your supply chain partners have access to live, accurate data, these mistakes can not only be avoided, but eliminated altogether. Our constraints remind us that everything in life is precious. And with more access to information, we can ensure what’s good for our business is also good for the world.
The Specright Credo
Our credo reflects our values, aspirations, and most importantly, our promise to customers.
We love what we do
A significant influence in our life’s journey is our career. Therefore, we allow for days that are challenging and tasks that are difficult; feeling accomplished in the journey we are on, the noble work that is being done, inspired by all that is left to do, and respect for those who are doing it with us.
We positively engage with those who need us
To accomplish this, we will educate, listen, reflect, and share; not only with our current business partners but with those who don’t know they need us yet — all the while being open to teaching with pride and humility.
We look to problems and challenges as opportunities
Providing real solutions that enable people to spend more time doing amazing things for the improvement of all is a goal we will never lose sight of.
We will be active learners
To be active learners, we will be open to failure, have the ability to listen to others, and then reflect on those learnings weighed against our own vision for the future.
We will work to simplify the complex
To provide true value, we will always balance our knowledge of the industry with that of leading-edge technology solutions. Our industry experience and strong knowledge of technology should always be in harmony. We can never rely on only one of those elements or let one override the other’s value.
Success will allow our customers to make amazing things
Our ultimate goal is to be known as the world’s platform that companies use to simplify their supply chains so they can focus their time on being strategic, creative, and making amazing things.
Discover the value of a Spec-First approach to your business
Matthew Wright is the founder & executive chairman of Specright, the first cloud-based platform for Specification Management. Specright has been recognized by Fast Company’s prestigious Most Innovative Companies list, named a Gartner Cool Vendor, and as one of the Top Places to Work by the OC Register and Built in LA. Wright is also a published author and his book, “The Evolution of Products and Packaging,”was named to the Amazon Hot New Release List for Industrial Relations Business and has a five star rating.
Prior to founding Specright, Wright spent more than 25 years in the packaging industry, holding leadership positions at International Paper, Temple Inland, and rightPAQ — a packaging company he co-founded. He has also been involved in leading multiple M&A deals in the packaging industry, currently sits on the MSU School of Packaging and Industry Advisory Board and previously served on the Packaging Advisory Board at Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo.
Mike Boese is the CEO of Specright. He is a seasoned software executive with over two decades of executive leadership working with SMB and Enterprise customers at industry-leading companies like Taleo, SAP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle as well as scaling B2B SaaS startups. Most recently, Boese was CEO of Hearsay, a company specializing in digital client engagement for financial services firms. As CEO of Hearsay Corporation, he drove substantial new growth, significantly improved customer and employee satisfaction, and expanded the company’s headcount by 50%. He also oversaw the implementation of operational best practices and robust product innovations—including AI/ML capabilities—which culminated in a successful merger with Yext (NYSE: YEXT). Prior to Hearsay, Boese served as CEO of Certent Corporation, transforming it from a niche SaaS equity management provider into a multi-pillar, international fintech solutions leader.
He holds an MBA from Duke University and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington.
Ayman is Chief Technology Officer at Specright, where he leads the product and engineering teams. Ayman started his career with the Microsoft Developer Division product groups where he spent over 15 years. He was the Group Program Manager for the Visual C++ team at Microsoft till early 2016. Ayman’s team in Microsoft was responsible for delivering the compilers, libraries, runtimes and IDE that enabled developers to create great native applications using Visual Studio. Through those years, he participated in shipping a wide range of world-class products starting with the various versions of Visual Studio to the platform tooling for Windows, Xbox, MS Office, SQL., etc.
He then joined HireRight, the world leader in the background screening market, where he was the Chief Technology Officer and part of the executive team who drove the company’s successful exit and its acquisition by a major private equity. Just before joining Specright, Ayman spent some time in Amazon’s core e-commerce platform team.
Ayman brings executive level experience that focuses on strategy setting and team growth. Prior to moving to the US, Ayman spent a year in Newcastle, Australia where he earned his Master degree in Software Engineering. In Addition, He holds a BSc. in Computer Science from the American University in Cairo. He currently lives in Irvine, CA with his wife and two daughters.
Laura is the Chief Customer Officer at Specright, where she leads teams across professional services, customer success, and support to ensure customers thrive. She also co-hosts the “Beyond Packaging Podcast,” with Matthew Wright, where they discuss industry trends, interview leading innovators, and discuss the history of different types of packaging.Prior to Specright, she led advertising and analytics at GE Digital, GE’s Industrial Internet software business.
Before that, she was a consultant at Deloitte Digital working in enterprise digital transformation. Laura was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for marketing and advertising and Brand Innovators 40 Under 40 and 100 Women to Watch lists. She graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
Darin Wolter oversees worldwide sales and customer success with a focus on creating long-term, impactful relationships with Specright’s customers and partners. While overseeing global revenue growth and retention initiatives, his role ensures that we continue to provide exceptional experiences, maximize value to our customers and that our sales approach evolves as Specright grows.
Wolter has over 25 years sales leadership experience introducing disruptive technologies across a variety of industries including Financial Services, Media, and Marketing SaaS solutions. Prior to joining Specright, Darin oversaw revenue at WebOps category creator Pantheon and lead global sales teams at: Sysomos (acquired by Meltwater), Marketwired (acquired by NASDAQ) and Streetfusion (acquired by CCBN).
Darin holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Miami of Ohio University.
Kathryn Furgal is SVP of Finance at Specright. She is an active CPA with close to fifteen years of experience in Finance and Accounting. Kathryn began her career in public accounting but has spent roughly 10 years building and scaling startups. Prior to Specright Kathryn was the VP of Finance at CrowdRise and oversaw the Finance, Accounting, Legal and Human Resources divisions of the Company. During her tenure as VP of Finance for CrowdRise, the Company successfully obtained Series Seed and Series A funding to be eventually acquired by GoFundMe in 2017. After acquisition, Kathryn stayed on at GoFundMe as a key employee and to help create and grow the GoFundMe Enterprise SaaS product for Charities. Kathryn holds a Masters Degree in Accounting and graduated cum laude with both her Masters and Bachelor’s degrees from DePaul University in Chicago. She currently lives in Aliso Viejo, CA with her husband and son.
Join Our Team
Do you want to be part of changing the way the products you use are made? Check out our open positions to learn how you can grow your career while making an impact.
Specification Management is a new way of making things – and it takes a village. We partner with technology companies like Salesforce and SAP to create integrations and solution providers like Chainalytics and Zero Wait State to help companies deploy Specification Management solutions. Apply now and join us in helping people and companies make amazing things.
Specification Management software is used to manage the data needed to make, buy, and sell products, as well as collaborate with external suppliers and partners across the supply chain to bring those products to market.
Leverage the Specright Solution Suite to reduce packaging costs, accelerate time-to-market, improve production efficiency, measure and improve sustainability, reduce SKU counts, ensure regulatory compliance, and prevent quality issues.
With 5 million+ products on Specright’s Specification Data Management (SDM) platform, we’re helping some of the world’s largest companies and challenger brands optimize costs, accelerate innovation, and reduce waste. See how you can join the Specification Management movement — we’ll start with a brief call to understand your goals and then schedule a tailored demo experience that fits your needs.
