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Teal LLC is an American information technology services company headquartered in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The firm provides managed IT and cybersecurity services to small and medium-sized businesses in the United States, including systems administration, compliance support, and co-managed IT solutions.

The company originated as TechGen Consulting in 2000, serving business clients in the Midwestern United States. In 2023, TechGen merged with Aligned Technology Solutions, a managed services provider founded in 2010 in the Washington, D.C., area. Following the merger, the combined organization adopted the name Teal and established its headquarters in the D.C. metropolitan region, with additional offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Orlando, Florida.

Teal has partnered with several cybersecurity vendors, including Blackpoint Cyber, and has obtained compliance certifications such as ISO/IEC 27001. In 2024, it received a Stevie Award for Sales & Customer Service^[1] and is a partner of Sophos^[2] and Microsoft^[3].

Teal has appeared on multiple national and international growth and industry lists, including:

· Inc. 5000 from 2019 to 2025.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

· Financial Times Americas' Fastest Growing Companies from 2020 to 2023.^{[11][12][13][14]}

· Channel Futures MSP 501 from 2019 to 2025.^{[15][16][17][18][19]}

· Channel Futures Next-Generation MSPs in 2024.^[20]

· CRN Managed Service Provider 500 in 2020 and 2023.^[21][22]

· Clutch Top 100 IT Service Providers in 2024.^[23]

The company maintains industry certifications and compliance designations, including:

· ISO/IEC 27001

· CMMC Registered Provider Organization (RPO)

· CompTIA Security Trustmark+

· An "A" rating from SecurityScorecard, an independent cybersecurity risk monitoring platform ^[24]

• Don Sauer, Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer - former U.S. Navy systems technician with more than three decades of IT-industry experience. He has been interviewed by vCIOToolbox on topics related to IT leadership and mergers.^[25]

• Reid Johnston, Chief Information Officer - graduate of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. He has published commentary on cybersecurity and the use of Microsoft Copilot. ^[26][27]

• Gar Whaley, Chief Revenue Officer - certified information security professional (CISSP, CISM, CGEIT, CISA, CMMC RP) and contributor to trade publications covering topics such as IT project planning and cybersecurity.^{[28][29][30][31][32]}