Connect
Getting developers, non-devs, builders, and creators in the same room with each other.
Meet the organizer
Zain Khan
Google Developer Expert · Founder & Organizer, GDG Tulsa + GDG Houston
"As an avid Developer Advocate, I'm excited to organize GDG Tulsa to give developers, students, and builders in the Tulsa area a consistent place to work together — heavy on that together — on Google technologies. Not a lecture series. Not a pitch fest. A real space where people show up, learn something, build something, and leave connected to someone new."
Learn
Hands-on workshops and sessions, not just slides and presentations.
Grow
Helping the Tulsa dev ecosystem actually develop, not just exist on paper.
Inspire
Making people feel like they can build something real, regardless of where they're starting from.
Background
Product, design, and engineering — plus the people side.
Zain is a Google Developer Expert (GDE) and the founder of The Khanstruct, where he designs, builds, and ships product end to end. He brings that same build-it-yourself approach to organizing GDG Tulsa: recruiting members and speakers, onboarding volunteers, setting culture, and keeping the community consistently shipping events.
Product & design
End-to-end ownership from user insight to shipped feature; rapid prototyping.
Engineering
Swift / SwiftUI, macOS, accessibility APIs, AI-assisted development.
Community & people ops
Recruiting, onboarding, culture, and events — for GDG Tulsa and GDG Houston both.
Credentials
Certified on the tools we teach.
Google for Education
Gemini Certified Educator
Foundational knowledge of generative AI concepts and the core features and capabilities of Gemini in an educational context. Valid for 3 years.
Verify credential
Google Career Certificates
Google AI Essentials
Five modules on integrating AI into real work: writing effective prompts, choosing the right AI tool for the task, and using AI responsibly — applied through hands-on activities and assessments.
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50+ badges
Earned on Google Skills across Gemini, NotebookLM, Google Workspace AI, and agent tooling — the same stack GDG Tulsa teaches.
6 agent & MLOps courses
Agent Fundamentals, Introduction to AI Agents, Enterprise Agents and Use Cases, MLOps for Generative AI, and Vertex AI model evaluation.
2 certifications
Gemini Certified Educator (Google for Education) and Google AI Essentials (Google Career Certificates) — both independently verifiable.
Also on Google Skills: Using the Google Cloud Speech API
2026 so far
On pace for 6+ events this year, 50%+ on Google tech.
Tulsa AI Meetup Series
The Davenport kickoff, GDG Tulsa Edition, and Find Your Tulsa Tech — intro sessions on Google's AI tools.
Build with AI, co-hosted
Mini BWAI sessions with OklahomAI Developers Tulsa and Tulsa Tech, growing into the flagship Build with AI program with Techlahoma.
Downtown Tulsa Partnership
GDG Tulsa booth and civic partnership event, building bridges beyond the developer community alone.
Want to build with GDG Tulsa?
Reach out at zain@gdgtulsa.com or join the community below.