Khalid Smith helps hackers and education experts build teams, start companies and acquire the resources to make meaningful advances in the way people teach and learn. Khalid is the founding director of Startup Weekend Education, the education focused sub-brand of Startup Weekend, a global experiential education movement empowering communities through the teaching of entrepreneurship. Khalid is also the founder and chief architect of LessonCast.org, a professional development platform supporting educators using lean principles to improve instruction.