When Jason Dion created a series of video courses using skills he’d learned in the U.S. Navy, he never expected that he’d create a successful 20-person company that would eventually garner interest from private equity firms. The cybersecurity and IT expert wanted to help others get certified for jobs in the growing technology industry in a cost- and time-efficient way. Just over six years later, Dion Training’s on-demand video courses have reached over a million students in 190 countries.

In celebration of their recent acquisition by Alpine Investors-backed professional education business Axcel Learning, Dion shares the customer-centric approach that got him this far, and how Axcel and new CEO Sasha LeFlore will catapult Dion Training’s growth.