🀝 About Gratus Group

Decades of Expertise.
One Clear Mission.

We exist to help companies build the teams and technology infrastructure they need to grow β€” with honesty, urgency, and real partnership at every step.

Our Story

Built by Practitioners, Not Recruiters

Gratus Group was built on a simple but ambitious idea: that growing companies deserve a partner who actually understands their business, not just their job descriptions. Too many firms operate in silos β€” a staffing agency that only places people, an IT shop that only runs projects, a consulting firm that only advises. Our clients needed something different: a trusted partner with the range to solve real problems across talent, technology, and cost.

With decades of experience across IT consulting, solutions delivery, and staffing, Tim and Anthony built Gratus Group around a simple principle: deliver outcomes, not just resources. Whether that means placing an elite sales engineer, standing up a fractional CTO, renegotiating a bloated vendor contract, or delivering a cloud migration through our global team β€” we show up as partners, not vendors.

Based in Castle Rock, Colorado (Denver metro), we serve clients across all 50 states β€” with deep roots in technology, healthcare, manufacturing, and supply chain sectors.

25+
Years of experience
50
States served
$5M+
Saved for clients annually
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The Problems We Solve

We serve clients across multiple challenges: high-volume hiring where TA teams can't review every applicant; traditional contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire staffing across IT, sales, and professional roles; fractional IT leadership for companies needing CTO/CIO/CISO expertise without full-time cost; and IT solutions delivery β€” nearshore, onshore, and offshore β€” for infrastructure, development, and managed services needs.

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Our Innovation: AI Talent Partner

Our flagship AI Talent Partner model uses AI-assisted sourcing, engagement, and screening to review every applicant β€” then a dedicated human recruiter qualifies the best candidates. Flat-fee pricing replaces unpredictable per-placement costs. Clients save $100–200K+ per year.

Executive Team

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Tim Kirby
Founder

25 years in IT consulting, solutions delivery, and staffing. Tim built Gratus Group to bring true strategic partnership to clients who deserve more than a keyword-matching recruiter. Based in Castle Rock, CO.

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Anthony Scialdone
Principal

A seasoned partner with deep expertise in IT solutions delivery and client strategy. Anthony brings a complementary perspective that strengthens Gratus Group's ability to serve clients across a wide range of technical disciplines.

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How We Work

Our Values in Practice

These aren't just words on a wall. They're the standards we hold every client conversation, every candidate interaction, and every engagement to.

Honesty Over Hype

We tell clients what we can deliver β€” not what they want to hear. If we can't help, we say so. If there's a better solution, we recommend it.

Speed Without Shortcuts

72 hours to interview-ready candidates is our standard β€” but speed never comes at the cost of quality. Every submittal is thoroughly vetted.

Partnership, Not Transactions

We embed in your process. We learn your culture. We care about whether the hire succeeds β€” not just whether we got paid.

Technology-Forward

AI tools are how we review every applicant β€” not just the top 10 resumes. We use technology to do things traditional firms can't.

Industries We Serve

Deep Experience Where It Matters

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Technology & SaaS

From seed-stage startups to established enterprise software companies

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Healthcare

Hospital systems, health IT, medical devices, and life sciences

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Manufacturing

US reshoring, supply chain, industrial, and operations

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Professional Services

Consulting, finance, legal, and business services organizations

Denver, Colorado

Rooted in the Rockies. Reaching Nationwide.

Denver is one of the fastest-growing tech hubs in the country. We're proud to call it home β€” and to serve clients from Colorado to the coasts from right here.

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Denver Metro

Castle Rock, CO headquarters serving the full Front Range tech ecosystem

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All 50 States

Our recruiting and IT services reach extends coast to coast β€” remote-first, wherever talent lives

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Global Delivery

Nearshore partners in Latin America for cost-effective, time-zone-aligned technical delivery

Let's Work Together

Whether you're hiring, optimizing IT, or just exploring what's possible β€” we'd love to have a conversation.