Henry Hipps is Deputy Director of the Education team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Henry and his team focus on improving the availability, adoption and implementation of high leverage solutions that support teachers and increase student achievement. At the Foundation, he has worked at the intersection of innovation and system redesign to foster the improvement of curriculum, education technology and other tools and school models. Previously, Henry was Senior Director at the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, Mayor Villaraigosa’s school turnaround organization. Henry was also founder and CEO of Trajectory Learning which delivered web-based K-12 courseware with culturally-relevant content designed to increase student engagement. Prior to his work in education, Henry was an executive at IBM Business Consulting where he led global teams on business and technology consulting engagements. Throughout his career, Henry has sought opportunities to use entrepreneurship and innovation as tools to create social impact.