# Kevin Boyle

> Kevin Boyle is the Cambridge-based CEO and co-founder of Gearset, a Salesforce DevOps company he built with Matt Dickens after working at Redgate Software. A computer science graduate of Queen’s University Belfast and former Microsoft intern, he has led Gearset through international expansion, a $55 million growth investment in 2022, the Clayton acquisition in 2024, and the launch of its AI agent Cam in 2026.

- **Role:** CEO and co-founder at Gearset
- **Organizations:** Gearset, Redgate Software, Autonomy, Microsoft
- **Education:** Master’s in Computer Science, Queen’s University Belfast
- **Known for:** Co-founded Gearset with Matt Dickens and helped grow it from its seven-person independent founding team into an international Salesforce DevOps business., Led Gearset through its $55 million growth investment in June 2022., Led Gearset at the time of its first acquisition, Clayton, announced in September 2024.

## Career timeline

- **During university** — Completed Microsoft internships in Dublin and Seattle.
- **After university** — Moved to Cambridge to work at Autonomy, then joined Redgate Software.
- **2015** — Gearset’s founding year in its corporate and investor descriptions; early development preceded the independent spinout.
- **2017** — Seven-person founding team spun Gearset out of Redgate in February; first paying customers followed that summer.
- **2021** — Gearset announced its Chicago US headquarters.
- **2022** — Announced the Belfast engineering office and a $55 million growth investment led by Silversmith Capital Partners.
- **2024** — Gearset acquired Salesforce code-analysis platform Clayton.
- **2025** — Gearset opened a new Cambridge Science Park headquarters.
- **2026** — Gearset launched Automated Testing in March and AI agent Cam in September.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Gearset with Matt Dickens and helped grow it from its seven-person independent founding team into an international Salesforce DevOps business.
- Led Gearset through its $55 million growth investment in June 2022.
- Led Gearset at the time of its first acquisition, Clayton, announced in September 2024.
- Gearset reported more than 3,500 customers in its February 2026 results announcement.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Gearset launched Cam, an AI agent that plans and builds Salesforce changes within governed release processes.
- **2026-03** — Published The Real Divide In AI Adoption, arguing for measuring outcomes and applying domain expertise.
- **2026-03** — Gearset launched AI-powered Automated Testing.
- **2026-02** — Gearset reported 37% revenue growth for 2025 and more than 3,500 customers.

## Links

- Website: http://kevinboyle.ie
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinfromireland/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kevfromireland
- GitHub: https://github.com/kevfromireland

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Last updated: 2026-10-22