Chrys Thorsen
Education and Technology Expert
Chrys Thorsen is an education and technology expert who specializes in enterprise-level IT infrastructure consulting and certified training-of-trainers. In her career, she has garnered over 50 IT Certifications including CISSP, CISA, CEHv12, PenTest+, CompTIA CNVP, Cisco CCSI/CCNP, Microsoft Cloud and on-premises technologies, VMware vSphere, and many more. She has also authored 40 published certification textbooks, and over 35 full-length IT certification video courses.
Joe Holbrook
Independent Trainer | Consultant | Author
Joe Holbrook has been in the IT field since 1993 when he was exposed to several HPUX systems on board a U.S. Navy flagship. He has migrated from UNIX world to Storage Area Networking(SAN), Enterprise Virtualization, Cloud Architectures, and now specializing in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Currently he works as a Subject Matter Expert specializing in Enterprise Cloud and Blockchain Technologies. He is the CLO of Techcommanders.com Elearning and consulting.
Anthony Sequeira
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
Anthony has been writing textbooks and teaching classes to students all over the world since 1996. Currently, he works as a freelance author and trainer and is certified in Cisco, Microsoft, CompTIA, AWS, and more. Anthony started his career in Information Technology in 1994 and has continued expanding his knowledge to this day. He takes great pride in being able to help so many achieve their certification and career goals.
Pete Matassa
Project Management Consultant and Trainer
Pete is president of Technology, Inc., a Project Management Training and Consulting company that provides custom Project Management solutions. He has over 30 years of experience in professional/management positions. His professional credentials include an MBA; PMI PMP; PMI-ACP; Agile Hybrid Project Pro Micro-Credential, MCTS, CompTIA Project+, A+, Net+, i-Net+, Server+.
John Abueg
Senior Technical Instructor
John is a Senior Technical Instructor at Ft. Gordon in Augusta, Georgia, instructing U.S. military and civilian employees on a number of cybersecurity subjects and certifications. He has been an IT professional for well over two decades. John holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Maryland Global Campus as well as certifications: Network+, Security+, CySA+, CASP+, CISSP.
Dawn Briggs
IT Professional and Trainer
Dawn Briggs is an information technology professional with more than 20 years of experience in directing IT departments, leading technical implementations, managing personnel, ensuring the security of information, and establishing high customer service standards. Her career has primarily focused on training technical personnel to plan, implement, and maintain IT infrastructure and web-based technologies.
David Bigger
IT Instructor
David has been a professional IT instructor for the past four years for the US Army. He teaches a broad range of certification courses ranging from CompTIA, Microsoft to Cisco and EC-Council. David has 18 years of IT experience, 17 professional IT certifications, and 8 years of teaching experience.
Tyson Robertson
Design and Media Professor and Freelancer
Tyson Robertson is a freelance photographer and designer with over 20 years of experience. He has a BFA from Parsons School of Design in Photography and an MFA from New York University. He lives and works in Central Florida where he teaches college courses in design and media.
Dana Corrigan
Animation Professor and Freelancer
Dana Corrigan is a 2D animation professor and freelance animator/illustrator whose work includes TV Pilots, E-Cards, Motion Graphics, animated short films, and developing pitch books and presentations for cartoon shows. She has an MFA in Animation from Savannah College of Art and Design.
Robert Hale
IT Instructor
Robert is an Army Veteran who has been instructing in the IT training field for over a year. His experience with Microsoft spans over the past three years, but his decade of service in the military is where he gained his passion for and experience in the IT field. Azure is Robert's specialty.
Alexandra Copley
Photography Professor and Freelancer
Alex has spent the last decade working as a freelance photographer all over the world. She first obtained her MFA in Photography and worked as a teacher in photography, visual effects, and related topics.
Roger St Hilaire
CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, TOGAF, Certified Trainer
Roger is an experienced IT professional with a proven track record of designing and managing large-scale technology systems. Successfully designed the first knowledge engine for UNDP Sub-Regional Resource Facility. Managed and grew a $70 million USD dual data centre national network system for the Trinidad and Tobago government.
James Hollis
Independent Trainer | Consultant | Author
James is a confident, qualified independent trainer, consultant, and author with 26+ years of extensive managerial and leadership experience in Risk Management, IT Security, CISM, CISSM, CompTIA Cloud Admin Professional, and Computer Networking.
Frank Schmidt
Linux Subject Matter Expert | Course Author
Frank has over 35 years of IT experience. He has worked with UNIX and Linux operating systems since the 1990s and has taught over 1000 training events. He is also a course author and subject matter expert for multiple UNIX and Linux classes.
James Ring-Howell
Microsoft Certified Trainer | Developer | Database Expert
James is a full-stack developer with over 40 years of experience. He has developed applications across all major industries and for Fortune 100 companies. James has also been teaching technology courses for over 20 years.
Wendy Bell
AAPC Certified Coder | Educator
Wendy is a certified coder with accreditation through AAPC. She has worked in healthcare for twenty-plus years and has worked in multiple specialties.
Nader Abdulghany
AWS Instructor | CCSI Instructor | NetApp Instructor
Nader is a solutions architect, consultant, and instructor. He specializes in cloud computing and automation, collaboration, telepresence, data center solutions, service provider technologies, routing and switching, and storage solutions.
Rafiq Wayani
Project Management Instructor
Rafiq has extensive experience including more than 20 years in IT as a Systems Architect, Software Engineer, DBA, and Project Manager. He has nearly 30 years of advanced IT experience.
Dean Bushmiller
Lead Instructor for Expanding Security
Dean has had fun for the past 20 years learning and teaching everything he can in technology and security. He is a courseware developer who specializes in CISSP and security training.
Chris Avants
Senior Cisco Instructor
Chris is a Sr. Cisco Instructor and leading consultant for clients throughout the U.S. Chris has over 15 years' experience as a network engineer and 5 additional years as an instructor.
Patrick Loner
IT Instructor
Patrick is a skilled presenter with a strong background in IT training and certification covering general information technology, network administration, and consulting. He specializes in Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, Windows Network Infrastructure, and Security.