Who We are
We believe small businesses have the greatest impact in making lives better, the community better, and the world a better place.Meet our Team

LAUREN GROFF
Owner & CEO

JACK GARRETT
Chief Technology Officer

BEN DICKSON
Technical Account Manager

Chuck Tarby
Level 1 Support Technician

JOE MCKEE
vCIO

Jonathan Goyette
Senior Network Technician

MIKE LAKER
Network Administrator

MURPHY
Technology Therapy Specialist

Kelsey Gray
Project Technician

Travis Doyle
Tier II Support Technician

Kosi Broderick
Network Administrator

Amy Roman
CFO

Lidia Lo Porto
Marketing & Sales Assistant

Morgan Hoyt
Service Delivery Manager

Andre Smith
PC Deployment Specialist

Carlo Toma
Service Desk Technician Level 1 & 2

Andre Correa
Project Technician

HISTORY AND CULTURE
After stints in the corporate IT world, in 2005 Lauren Groff threw down $29 at the County Clerk’s office and formed Groff NetWorks to help local businesses in the Albany, NY area with their computer and networking needs. In those early days, Lauren built the business on a simple recipe: be responsive, friendly, on-time, and honest; what we call having a Servant’s Heart. Today, with a team in two states and clients in five, Groff NetWork’s core values haven’t changed.
As more clients signed up with Lauren, the company expanded. From those early days Lauren worked with Jack Garrett (Groff’s current vCIO) and together the two focused on not just fixing problems but also on finding better ways to help clients with their overall IT needs. Along the way, Lauren acquired three smaller companies and quickly expanded the team. Local businesses took notice and in 2012 Lauren Groff was named to the Albany Business Review’s 40 Under 40, recognizing his business’ accomplishments.
Today, Groff NetWorks is located at 81 Fourth Street Troy, NY, in the old Aronson building, and enjoys the old architecture of Troy’s burgeoning historic downtown with the IT architecture of a managed services networking firm. It’s an embodiment of old-school values with new-school technology. Groff NetWorks is fully committed to its community in Troy, and Lauren serves on several committees and boards to help the area prosper, including the Rensselaer County Chamber of Commerce (where he has led its Leadership Institute) and the Business Improvement District.
Groff NetWorks’ commitment to independent businesses and local non-profits is not just about business, it’s about passion. The entire team believes these types of organizations offer the best way to help employees, their families, and their communities— and Groff NetWorks is passionate about helping others make things better.
Core Beliefs
- We believe small businesses positively impact people’s lives and communities which make the world a better place.
- We believe technology is one of our greatest tools. It touches everything in our lives. For many, it’s a cornerstone to making a living and is often the best means available to get something done.
- We believe every small business has a right to productive, efficient, and affordable IT tools.
INDUSTRIES WE SERVE
Legal/Land Title
Manufacturing
“We’re heavily reliant on our IT systems for all our processes. Everything from order entry, to invoicing, to shipping and receiving, there is a tremendous amount of documentation that’s required and a lot of that is organized through our computer system – especially through our ERP System, which is specifically designed for our industry.
Our former IT involved a lot of my own personal time. It became overwhelming for one person. Now that we are with Groff NetWorks, my staff can bypass me and go directly to the support team. That’s been fantastic because it allows us to really turn around issues a lot quicker than what we were doing previously, saving us time and money. Having Groff NetWorks on board has been amazing.” – Rajat Ghoshal, COO at Polyset Company Inc – Client Since 2014
Media
“There are lots of different things that Groff does for us that are really helpful, number one, obviously, keeping our network operational. It’s very, very important to us…”
At the same time, on the client-side, Groff provides great desktop support, using a remote tool that they have in place where, if people are having a problem, they just call up and somebody can remote into their desktop and solve the problem and it works really well.
The thing that we noticed probably the most is that when you have multiple things happening at once, and it doesn’t happen very often, but you might have a couple of people having desktop issues and maybe there’s a network thing that’s going on. Instead of having one individual who has to try to juggle and prioritize all three of those things, you have multiple people at Groff who are really attending to them all at the same time.
I think the staff is excellent. I really enjoy working with them and I really find them to be extremely responsive, both on the network side and on the desktop side.
We really view the Groff team as an extension of our own company. We trust them, we work with them very closely and they’ve done a great job for us.” – David Schultz, President and Founder, Media Logic – Client Since 2012
Non-profits and Associations
“Customer service is very, very big to me…
In August 2014, we had the opportunity to submit a grant application through the Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation; we needed it for our IT. We don’t speak in IT; we speak in non-for-profit language. So, we reached out to Groff. We successfully received the money, and it had a lot to do with Groff Networks!”
“The thing that I really appreciate and respect about Groff NetWorks is their ability to be sensitive to our conservative budget as a non-for-profit organization, as well as their support of our mission in the services that we provide.” – Daquetta Jones, Executive Director, YWCA of the Greater Capital Region Inc. – Client Since 2010
Medical
Small Businesses
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Founded In
2005
Happy Users
857
Hours saved this year
7567

Groff Networks
81 4th St
Troy NY 12180
518-320-8906
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Groff Networks provides IT support and managed services for:
- Albany
- Troy
- New York City
- Rhinebeck
- Hudson
- Westchester
- Saratoga
- Glens Falls
- Syracuse