Paul F. Deninger

Paul Deninger is an experienced Board Director, accomplished CEO, recognized expert in strategy and innovation management, and acknowledged thought leader in the B2B technology, venture capital, and private equity communities.

Over the past 30 years, he has advised hundreds of CEOs and boards on shareholder value creation, including how to leverage technology to achieve transformation and growth. He also has deep capital markets experience, having completed over 150 IPO, M&A, and financing transactions with the world’s leading technology companies and top-tier investment firms.

Since 2010, Paul has been a Board Member for Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM), a $10B market cap company dedicated to protecting and managing information and assets, and a leader in document and media storage. He has served on the Finance, Compensation, CEO Search, and Risk & Safety Committees, as well as a special committee to manage issues related to an outside activist.

In 2018, he was named to the board of Resideo Technologies (NYSE: REZI) - a spin-out of Honeywell (NYSE: HON). Residio has $4.5B in revenue and is a leader in the emerging Connected Home space, with products and solutions in residential comfort, security, and fire safety. In 2019, he was also named to the board of EverQuote, (NASDAQ: EVER), the leading U.S. online marketplace for consumer auto, home and life insurance.

Paul’s additional board experience includes: former Lead Director and Member of the Compensation Committee for Netegrity (NASDAQ: NETE), former Board Member for The Boston Globe, former Member of the Board of Trustees for Match Charter Public School. He is a Member of the Presidential Advisory Council for Berklee College of Music, and former Board Chairman and current Board Member for the Berklee City Music program.

Earlier in his career, Paul served as CEO and Chairman of Broadview from 1996 to 2003 where he grew the business from $50M to $300M and established Broadview as the leading technology M&A advisory firm. In 2003, he led the company’s sale to Jefferies, where he subsequently served eight years as Vice Chairman and spearheaded the firm’s entry into the tech IPO market, achieving a #2 ranking in IPO covers in just four years. Paul currently serves as a senior advisor to Evercore, a highly reputed investment bank, having previously been a Senior Managing Director there since 2011.

Paul has been a keynote speaker at many technology industry events and was a 14-year attendee at the World Economic Forum at Davos, a member of the US Treasury IPO Task Force that led to the 2012 JOBS Act, and a member of the Executive Council of TechNet - a national network of technology CEOs and senior executives.

Paul earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and his BS from Boston College.