Career Path Partners
AI  ·  Cyber  ·  Software
Career Path Partners · Team

Taught by people who've done the work.

No career-school talking heads. Instructors who build, coaches who place, and advisors who tell you the truth about fit.

The Operators

Learn from people who are where you’re going. They do the jobs they teach, the systems, the seats, the audiences. Not the theory of them.

Ryan Kohler

Ryan Kohler

AI · Certified Agentic Program

A recovering accountant who built a hiring-software company to 10,000 customers, then spent ~10,000 hours inside the AI tools. Never written a line of code. TEDx speaker.

Jacob Hess

Jacob Hess

Cybersecurity

Network engineer, entrepreneur, and Air Force veteran. Teaches the fundamentals that make beginners genuinely job-ready, practical skills over theory.

Patrick “InfoSec Pat” Gorman

Patrick “InfoSec Pat” Gorman

Cybersecurity

15+ years in IT and security, former Offensive Security Lead. The reason students say “best explanation by far.”

John Sonmez

John Sonmez

Software · Rockstar System

Founder of Simple Programmer, two best-selling developer-career books, 400k+ YouTube subscribers. Teaches developers to turn skill into visibility, income, and influence.

Career Success

In your corner from resume to signed offer.

Amber Dyckman

Amber Dyckman

Instructor & Career Coach · Careers Track

Fifteen years in tech recruiting, she ran the hiring process your applications go through. Your coach from resume to signed offer, backed by an AI + human team sending 2,000+ tailored applications a month until you’re placed. 2025 Influential Women honoree.

Amanda

Amanda

Career Success Coach

Keeps your search moving, applications, interview prep, and the accountability that gets you to offer day.

Nathan

Nathan

Career Success Coach

Works your placement plan with you week by week, resume, outreach, and negotiation until the offer is signed.

Partnerships

The people growing the Career Path Partners network.

Janak Mehta

Janak Mehta

Partnership Director

Builds the relationships that bring new communities and audiences to Career Path Partners.

Tim Mancino

Tim Mancino

Partnership Director

Connects organizations and communities with our programs, growing the network one partnership at a time.

Leadership

The people accountable for every outcome we promise.

Jacob Hess

Jacob Hess

Leadership · Chief Operator

Network engineer, entrepreneur, and Air Force veteran. Built the cybersecurity path on a simple conviction: capability before credentials, practical skills over theory.

Adrian Hunter

Adrian Hunter

Leadership · Building the team

Builder of Career Path Partners, on a mission to map the skills people already have to the careers that pay for them.

Ashlene Hunter

Ashlene Hunter

Leadership · Operations

Runs the operations behind every promise we make, and leads career advising: your guide from assessment to roadmap, and honest when it’s not a fit.

And one teammate who never sleeps

We build with AI, so of course we work with it too.

Ava

AvaAI

AI Career Assistant

Ava answers questions, sends your reminders, and keeps your roadmap moving between calls. She’s AI, and she’ll always tell you so.

Meet one of them this week.

Your free AI Roadmap Call is with a real advisor: 45 minutes, no obligation.

Darren, Andrew, Jesse, Janak, and Ashlene run our AI Roadmap Calls. You will be matched with one of them.

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