Jacksón Smith

Jacksón Smith

CTO, Learning Economy Foundation

Jacksón is a Co-Founder and the CTO of the Learning Economy Foundation, a steward for standing up a learning ecosystem to support the Internet of Education, where information and value can seamlessly translate between any stakeholder in the value chain of education. He is a storyteller, technology architect, entrepreneur, and lifelong learner who gives breath and momentum to disruptive napkin ideas through zeros, ones, and words. To him, technologies are tools that should be radically accessible to everyone and wielded for good and only good. Upholding this doctrine, Jacksón has spent the past decade building augmented reality applications for street workers to see beneath the ground, inventory control systems for satellites to safely reach the stars, video games for students to learn English, reports for parents and realtors to gauge environmental toxins, and advanced algorithms for insurance companies to quantify the value of preventative health care. Beyond tech, Jacksón writes about blockchain and value transfer, the changing nature of work, and the future of education for people and global forums across 140 countries.