GainPartners
About

Two operators. Embedded in the work.

I started Gain Partners to help founders run better businesses. I enjoy the mix: developing leaders, running efficient and profitable operations, and balancing the human and technical sides of the work. Most advisory firms pick one lane. We work across them.

Marcus Kelly
Founder

Marcus Kelly

Strategy & Growth

Ten years in product and growth at Scopely, King, Activision Blizzard, and Oracle NetSuite, building and shipping to audiences in the tens of millions across gaming and enterprise SaaS. Master’s in Digital Innovation. Now does the same thinking inside founder-led businesses, building the systems and rhythms that let founders step back from the day-to-day.

Marcus owns client relationships, strategy, content, and the commercial side of Gain Partners.

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Partner

Hugh Murphy

AI & Technical Delivery

Background in automation, AI delivery, and systems work. MSc in Data Science and Analytics, formerly at CeADAR, Ireland’s national applied AI and analytics centre. Builds the things that other people draw on whiteboards: voice agents, integration pipelines, custom client portals, and automation infrastructure for engineering and operations teams.

Hugh owns technical scoping, builds, and delivery at Gain Partners.

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Hugh Murphy
Partners

What we’re like.

Business nerds, both of us. Always thinking about where our clients’ businesses go next, running strategy, debating routes. Both sports fanatics who played a lot of GAA. Sound, and we like to have a good laugh along the way.

If you’d like to know whether we’re a fit, the fastest way to find out is to talk.

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