Chad is a Principal Site Reliability Engineer and CNCF Ambassador with deep expertise in Kubernetes, GitOps, and cloud-native architecture. He focuses on building resilient, reliable systems and sharing his knowledge through community events, teaching at KubeSkills, and authoring Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam.
About Cybr
Cloud security is our specialty. Helping people learn is our passion.
Our goal is to create the best cloud security training on the Internet to help individuals and businesses secure their cloud resources.
Regardless of your current IT background or of your organization’s current security posture, we aim to provide a welcoming community, tools, and training resources that can help you on your journey to upskill or reskill.
A little bit about us
70,000+
Cybr Students
2020
Founded
AWS Architect, Developer, and Security Specialist with 9+ years of experience
Following his move from France to the U.S., Christophe fell in love with technology at the age of 11 when he wrote his first lines of code. He spent the next few years building applications, saw the rise of cloud computing, and jumped feet-first into that AWSome world. After building two successful tech startups to acquisition in his 20s, he realized that most businesses struggle with securing their apps and cloud environments, so he launched Cybr and created its first course: “Introduction to Application Security.” Fast-forward a few years, and he’s helped tens of thousands of individuals and businesses secure their apps and cloud.
Christophe Limpalair
FOUNDER & LEAD TRAINER
Shawna is an experienced Customer Success Director, B2B Sales Strategist, and Senior Business Development Executive with over 23 years in the IT services and EdTech industries. She worked closely with Christophe at Linux Academy, helping grow it into a leading IT training platform prior to its acquisition.
Shawna Rudd
ADVISOR
Our Course Authors
Chad M. Crowell
Konstantinos Papapanagiotou
Kostas is a cybersecurity leader with over two decades of experience advancing information security strategy and risk management. He serves as the Greek Chapter Leader for OWASP and has led security teams across major organizations, helping enterprises strengthen defenses and adopt secure architectures.
Juan Fernandez
Juan is a Senior Specialist in Technical Operations with a background covering systems engineering, project management, and security operations. He has experience designing and supporting IT systems for both enterprise and disaster response environments.
Alden Chevez
Alden is a Senior Professional Services Consultant with extensive experience in network and application security, cloud solutions, and enterprise infrastructure. He specializes in designing and deploying secure architectures that enhance performance and protect critical assets.
Tyler Petty
Tyler is a Staff Cloud Security Engineer with experience designing and implementing secure, scalable systems across cloud infrastructure and CI/CD environments. He focuses on automation, identity and access management, and embedding security into development workflows.
Ayush Pathak
Ayush is a Cloud Security Engineer with experience in securing cloud environments, CI/CD pipelines, and modern application infrastructures. Outside of work, he teaches cybersecurity at the Boston Institute of Analytics, mentoring the next generation of security professionals.