Jamshid Hashimi is a passionate technologist, innovation enthusiast and software engineer with more than a decade of experience in launching and working with social ventures, technology companies and initiatives. He is actively involved in Computer Science education, open education, and entrepreneurship education initiatives. He has more than a decade of experience in information technology, software and consulting industries in Afghanistan, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Jamshid holds a degree from Dokuz Eylul University of Turkey in Computer Engineering and completed his postgraduate education on Innovation management & Entrepreneurship at Bournemouth University, UK.