Talk to Khalid.
Director of Product & Technical Delivery at Keyin College. Ask anything below — or skip the chat.
Hi — I'm Khalid. This is a chat version of my portfolio.
Ask me about my work, what I'm building, or what I think about product and AI in education. Or pick a prompt below.
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Practice
Complex operations, quietly working.
Most of the work is taking an institutional process that’s tangled and unloved and turning it into a pipeline that runs without anyone watching. Then doing it again.
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Clarity over complexity
The best products feel simple, even when the underlying systems are sophisticated. I believe in removing friction, not adding features.
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Impact through automation
Why do manually what can be automated? I look for opportunities to free people from repetitive work so they can focus on what matters.
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Data-informed, user-centered
Metrics guide decisions, but conversations with real users reveal truth. I balance analytics with empathy to build what people actually need.
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Ship, learn, iterate
Perfect is the enemy of good. I believe in launching early, gathering feedback, and continuously improving based on real-world usage.
Stack
Technologies I work with.
Modern, battle-tested tools — chosen for the long haul, not the hype cycle.
- TSTypeScript
- React
- NNext.js
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- Azure
- Microsoft Graph
- Sanity
- REST · Graph API
- Tailwind
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90%
Efficiency gain
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5K+
Learners served
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50+
Projects shipped
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67%
Engagement lift
Approach
The bridge between schema and strategy.
Came up through software development before moving into product. That means I can prototype the hard part, push back on architecture, and still own the roadmap.
Most product leaders pick one — engineering OR product. I work at the seam. Comfortable at both the schema and the strategy level.
- Product strategy
- Technical architecture
- AI-native delivery
- API automation
- Cross-functional leadership
Selected work
A few projects that moved the needle.
- 2026
OurKeyin LMS
First-party LMS replacing Keyin’s Teams-and-spreadsheets workflow with built-in authoring, grading, and attendance.
In buildnative LMS - 2025
Microsoft Teams Integration Layer
Long-running integration that pulls Teams data into Keyin’s systems and surfaces at-risk students weekly.
~90%faster class setup - 2025
AI-Powered Internal Analytics
Natural-language analytics over operational data. Non-technical staff get answers in minutes, not engineering tickets.
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Thinking
Notes on product, travel, and the long way around.
- Oct 10, 2025EdTech5 min
How AI will reshape student experience in the next five years
Generative AI in education keeps getting framed as a product feature. The bigger shift is happening one layer down, in the operating model. A field note from the director seat.
- Aug 16, 2020Travel4 min
China Diaries 01: Here We Go — The Journey Begins
Last year, during the monsoon, I was badly looking for a getaway. I always used to keep an eye on the university’s website, looking for new programs and opportunities (Yes, that’s…
- Nov 20, 2019Travel3 min
India Diaries: What persuades me to visit India time and time again?
What do I most like about India? Diversity. India, the seventh-largest country of the world has everything you can imagine, a whole world in a country. You want mountains, you…