{"id":17113,"date":"2025-05-29T11:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/?page_id=17113"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:47:35","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Founded by Guy Maddalone, GTM is driven by a profound commitment to supporting families and businesses. We understand the critical role of a trusted partner in your employer journey. Our services extend beyond payroll, offering steadfast guidance, support, and reliability.<\/p>\n

Guy's entrepreneurial spirit began at a young age. Growing up in Upstate New York, he was the eldest son of 13 children, surrounded by the hard work and resilience of self-employed parents, he had several part-time ventures.<\/p>\n

To better manage his first business, Guy pursued a technical foundation at Siena College, studying accounting. Instinctively, he knew his real passion was to build something meaningful that would positively impact people\u2019s lives. This blend of technical skills and ambition would propel him further into his entrepreneurial journey.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve had a rich history, view it below:<\/em> <\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Driven by a need for reliable and affordable care, Guy and his mother establish a home healthcare referral registry. They differentiated themselves by offering referral services and employer services to help lower costs for their clients.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Assuming the clients who hired them to help secure care for their aging parents would also need help with childcare and housekeeping, Guy began A New England Nanny, now the Capital Region\u2019s premier household staffing agency.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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1991<\/h5>

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Recognizing client needs for greater payroll and tax guidance, Guy founds GTM to help domestic employers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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1997<\/h5>

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GTM moves into the Fortune 500 market, establishing strategic partnerships to deliver services directly to employees of select companies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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GTM expands into business payroll and HRIS services for companies. Around this time, GTM builds its new corporate headquarters in Clifton Park, NY.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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2004<\/h5>

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Guy quickly becomes known as a household employment expert. He publishes How to Hire a Nanny, now on its 3rd edition.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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GTM\u2019s rapid success in both household and business payroll leads to eight appearances on the INC 5000 list of fastest-growing US private companies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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2007<\/h5>

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Noticing select vendors were excluding some of their clients from coverage, GTM was determined to help and begin offering health insurance and worker compensation policies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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2014-2016<\/h5>

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GTM reaches a significant milestone, hiring its 50th employee, reflecting the company\u2019s substantial growth and expanding team.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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2017<\/h5>

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Guy publishes his second book, How to Hire a Senior Caregiver, to help families better navigate the process.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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2019<\/h5>

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To better serve UHNW clients, GTM begins offering a full Administrative Service Offering (ASO) with payroll, HR and insurance for families.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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2021<\/h5>

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GTM acquires a leading HR Consulting firm, enabling the creation of a complete ASO model for businesses, encompassing HCM, HR consulting, leave management, employee benefits, and insurance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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2021<\/h5>

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A second major employee milestone is hit, and the 100th GTMer is hired.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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2023<\/h5>

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To offer more robust insurance offerings to both businesses and households, GTM significantly invests in making GTM Insurance Agency an independent, full-service brokerage with a full group of carriers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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The GTM timeline demonstrates a powerful blend of unwavering persistence, innovative leadership, and a dedication to both clients and employees. All of this was achieved while maintaining a deep commitment to corporate social responsibility and charitable giving.<\/p>\n

From its humble beginnings to becoming a nationally recognized independent payroll, HR and insurance services leader, GTM's journey reflects a commitment to excellence and a forward-thinking approach to meeting the evolving needs of businesses and household employers.<\/p>\n

Joining the GTM family means partnering with an independently owned company dedicated to delivering exceptional service. For over 30 years, our commitment to these core values has been a driving force:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Get in touch with us here.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-17113","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17113"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18913,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17113\/revisions\/18913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=17113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}