# Peter Brereton

> Peter Brereton is the co-founder, president and CEO of Tecsys Inc., a Montreal-based supply chain software company established in 1983. He became president in 1995 and CEO in 1998, helped take the business public, and received EY’s Quebec Technology Entrepreneur Of The Year award in 2019.

- **Role:** Co-founder, President and CEO at Tecsys Inc.
- **Organizations:** Tecsys Inc.
- **Education:** Programming training; exact credential title not stated, CDI College (Control Data Institute)
- **Known for:** Helped lead Tecsys’s 1998 initial public offering., EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 Quebec winner in the Technology category., Led Tecsys’s expansion from a local business into international supply chain software markets.

## Career timeline

- **1983** — Co-founded Tecsys with his brother Dave.
- **1992** — Tecsys began developing its distribution management system with a customer, according to his 2011 account.
- **1993** — Tecsys entered the U.S. market with a major telecommunications customer.
- **1995** — Appointed president.
- **1998** — Appointed CEO; helped lead Tecsys’s initial public offering.
- **2019** — Received EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Quebec award in Technology.
- **2026** — Continues as president and CEO; presented Q1 fiscal 2027 results.

## Achievements

- Helped lead Tecsys’s 1998 initial public offering.
- EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 Quebec winner in the Technology category.
- Led Tecsys’s expansion from a local business into international supply chain software markets.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — On September 10, Tecsys reported Q1 fiscal 2027 revenue of C$50.0 million, total SaaS revenue of C$22.7 million and SaaS ARR of C$93.7 million; Brereton highlighted existing customers deepening their investment.
- **2025-04** — Published “Tariffs and the Urgency of Supply Chain Resilience” on April 7.

## Links

- Website: https://www.tecsys.com/
- LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/peter-brereton-2136b414

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