The Security-First IT Team Behind 80+ Texas Organizations

A Client Got Hacked. That Changed Everything.

Neal grew up in his father’s auto shop in Schertz, Texas. TJ’s Automotive Specialties was a small business, and Neal worked in it. He learned what customers actually want from a vendor. Show up. Solve the problem. Tell the truth.

He carried that into technology. Neal spent 14 years at a major Texas law firm, starting as an IT specialist and rising to IT Director. He ran a coast-to-coast network across 45 offices supporting nearly 3,000 employees. He built datacenters and designed failover systems for an organization that could not afford downtime.

That experience taught him something specific. Large organizations get enterprise-grade technology. Smaller organizations get whatever their provider feels like delivering.

In March 2012, Neal started Juern Technology as a one-man shop in San Antonio. He wore every hat. Technician, strategist, support desk, and salesperson. Clients noticed one thing above the rest. He answered.

By late 2016 the company had grown enough to need a team. Neal made his first two hires that winter, and both of them still run departments here.

Then a client got hit with ransomware.

That client had declined the security stack we recommended and chosen something lighter. Neal called it a wake-up call.

His response was not to point at the contract. It was to change what the company would accept. From that day forward, 7tech would offer the security a company actually needs. If a client will not take it, we will not take the client.

That decision sent Neal looking for tools most providers did not have yet. It led him to ThreatLocker, then an early-stage startup. 7tech deployed it in 2019 and became ThreatLocker’s first Gold Partner in the world the following year.

Most providers respond to that pressure by reselling security tools they do not operate and cannot explain. Neal went the other direction. He spent four more years building real capability before he would put the letters MSSP on the door.

7tech built a private Security Operations Center and staffed it with our own people. No third-party SOC. No shared client data. If something happens at 2 a.m., the person looking at it works here.

In July 2023, after eleven years as Juern Technology, the company became 7tech. The number carries meaning. Completion, excellence, and rest. It also matches our seven core values and our seven-member management team.

The name changed. What Neal learned in his father’s shop did not.

What we are actually after

We want to create an experience of peace for our clients. The Hebrew word for it is shalom.

Shalom means more than quiet. It means whole. Nothing missing. Nothing broken.

That is the standard we hold ourselves to. Your technology should be whole. It should work, stay safe, and stop taking your attention.

Most vendors add stress to your week. We want to be the one that takes it away.

You should be able to run your business without thinking about your systems. That is what peace looks like here.

How We Deliver It

Zero Compromise Cybersecurity™ is the promise. The S.T.R.O.N.G. Process is how we keep it.

We use it in every client relationship, and we walk new clients through it before they ever sign.

S. Secure Proactive cybersecurity measures that protect your systems and prevent breaches before they happen.

T. Targeted IT solutions built around your business goals and your industry, not a template.

R. Responsive A 24/7 service desk with a 20-minute average response and same-day ticket resolution.

O. Ownership We take full responsibility for solving problems. No finger-pointing and no delays.

N. Next-Level Monitoring Continuous system monitoring that finds and fixes issues before they reach your business.

G. Growth-Focused IT strategy aligned with your long-term vision, built so it scales as you do.

Underneath the process sit two things we built ourselves. Our 3-layered security approach covering prevention, detection, and response. And our proprietary 27-Point IT Network Assessment, which is how every relationship starts.