ABOUT PERENNIAL
Perennial is led by Paul Lynch. For more than 25 years he has run, bought, fixed and sold technology businesses — most often as CEO and executive chair. The advice comes from having done the work.
Paul has spent his career inside software and infrastructure businesses at the moments that matter most: when growth stalls, when the market shifts, when the numbers stop adding up, and when it is time to sell.
Since 2016 he has worked across both operating SaaS businesses and private equity funds. As CEO and executive chair of multiple B2B software companies, he has led growth plans, turnarounds, acquisitions and exits — with a clear view of what owners, boards and management teams each need from the plan.
Before that, he led Another 9 from an Irish work-area recovery provider into an international cloud and disaster-recovery business, growing revenue from $2.5 million to $26 million across four markets.
Paul works with founders, CEOs, boards and investors. Whether the business needs a full cost and operational restructure, is stuck because growth has stalled, or needs a sharper strategic position, he has led that work before — and knows how to get through it.
Growth, new categories, turnarounds and exits — across developer tools, billing, data and finance software.
Repositioned a cloud source-code platform for enterprise buyers and created the Enterprise Cloud Version Control category. Acquired MyGet and Cornerstone.
Moved a subscription-billing leader toward usage-based pricing. Acquired Keen.io and launched Event-Based Billing.
Led an enterprise web-data business serving 800+ customers through a cross-border restructuring, without interrupting customer delivery.
Led a modern FP&A software company through a period of commercial and operational development.
Turned an Irish Work Area Recovery and Media Tape Collection provider into an international Disaster Recovery as a Service and cloud infrastructure business.
Engagements Paul has led or advised have contributed to more than $500 million in exits to private equity firms, software roll-ups and strategic acquirers.
“Paul Lynch is an exceptionally talented leader and business visionary. His results inside the Scaleworks portfolio of companies have been enormous. If your business is stuck and in need of a jolt, I can think of no one better than Paul.”
“From flat revenue to 50% year-on-year growth in 18 months. More importantly, we increased net revenue retention from below 90% to 125%+ by optimizing pricing and delivering more value to existing customers. We built this growth efficiently — adding only 15% to OpEx while growing revenue 50%.”
“In 2022, we saw that three technology products in our portfolio had overlapping, complementary feature sets. We engaged Paul, and together we merged the three, keeping each one’s strengths and bringing them together as Integrate.io. We built a single, consolidated go-to-market motion and drove strong, sustainable growth as one company.”
Paul leads every engagement. When the work calls for deeper expertise, he brings in trusted specialists — so you get the right depth without hiring ahead of the plan.
Engineering leadership, architecture reviews and hands-on delivery.
Practical AI adoption across product, delivery and operations.
FP&A, cash planning, restructuring and transaction readiness.
A sharper story, a clearer category and the right ideal customer.
Go-to-market design, pricing and expansion plans.
Commercial contracts, transactions and restructuring support, through trusted legal partners.
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