Ryan Kroonenburg

Long before he was a recognized leader in cloud education, Ryan Kroonenburg pursued a vastly different path:

In 2014, Ryan was a Solutions Architect living in a small flat in London with his wife and two young children. His background was unconventional—he had previously been an whose business collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis. Desperate for financial security and a higher salary, he became "obsessed" with Amazon Web Services (AWS) .

Recognizing that everyday developers and career changers were being priced out of the market, he saw an immense opportunity to create affordable, high-quality online training. The Birth of A Cloud Guru ryan kroonenburg

The platform grew around active discussion forums where students could troubleshoot errors, share study advice, and celebrate passing their certification milestones. Scaling to an Industry Powerhouse

Rather than viewing this rejection as a failure, Kroonenburg saw a gaping hole in the market. He realized that the available training for cloud computing was expensive, often delivered in outdated classroom formats, and unable to keep pace with the rapidly changing technology. He had a realization: if he was struggling to learn the cloud, thousands of other IT professionals were too. Long before he was a recognized leader in

[Traditional Training] ──> Prohibitively Expensive & Complex ──> Gatekept Tech Elite │ (Ryan's Disruptive Idea) ▼ [A Cloud Guru Platform] ──> Affordable, Engaging & Scalable ──> 2.5M+ Global Students The platform's growth was explosive:

The market has responded with enthusiasm. Cuttable has rapidly grown, securing significant seed funding and hitting a valuation of $100 million just two years after its founding—a testament to the confidence investors have in Ryan’s ability to spot and dominate emerging tech trends. He realized that the available training for cloud

Ryan Kroonenburg is a prominent entrepreneur, technologist, and educator widely recognized for his contributions to cloud computing education. He is best known as the Founder of A Cloud Guru

Instead of thousands of dollars for bootcamps, ACG offered premium, highly structured certification prep courses for as little as $15 USD on marketplaces like [ Udemy ](0.5.1, 0.5.4) before scaling their standalone platform.