Omari Loid

Co-founder/CEO @ Praktikal

About

With over 9 years of experience in entrepreneurship and innovation, I lead Praktikal, a company that empowers STEM teachers to inspire future engineers and scientists. Praktikal provides an ecosystem of tools that help teachers deliver effective and engaging lessons, bridging the gap between theory and practice in STEM education. As a co-founder and CEO, I manage a team of talented developers and educators, and oversee the strategic vision and growth of the company. I am also passionate about mentoring and supporting other entrepreneurs and innovators, especially in the field of engineering and sustainability. I have been involved in various youth leadership and social networking initiatives, and I have received multiple honors for my contributions to the community.

Country

Estonia

City

Tartu

Industry

Higher Education

Skill

Teamwork, Public Speaking, Team Building, Event Planning, Social Networking, Social Media, Nonprofits, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Photoshop, Customer Service, Research, HTML, Informatics, Idea Generation, Youth Leadership, Youth Empowerment, Windows

Experience

Co-founder/CEO

Praktikal

2021-3 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

Estonia

Praktikal is empowering teachers to create a student-centred classroom experience in STEAM.

Co-Founder

Koolest Solutions GmbH

2025-1 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany

Koolest Solutions GmbH is the joint venture of the German mastersolution AG and the Estonian Praktikal Education OÜ - two experienced partners who deliver real upgrades for the education landscape. Instead of fast-moving trends, we focus on practical, tried-and-tested solutions: from classroom management and learning platforms to the innovative complete STEM solution "Praktikal". The range will soon be supplemented by the distribution of further innovative EdTech solutions. Our claim: digital education that works - modular, methodologically sound, at the highest technological level and on an equal footing with teachers, learners, schools, educational institutions and industry.

Ambassador

One Young World

2024-9 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

Ambassador in the largest global young leaders community.

Mentor

Solaride

2022-1 - Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

Mentoring the Solaride team to help popularize engineering.

Chairman of the Board

Mudel-Eesti SA

2021-6 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia

Trainer

Aestia koolitused

2019-6 - Present · 7 yrs 4 mos

Estonia

Leadership and management trainings.

Content Lead @ Presidental Education Hackaton

AI Leap (TI-Hüpe)

2026-3 - 2026-5 · 3 mos

Tallinn

Owned the intellectual core of the hackathon held under the patronage of Estonian President Alar Karis, run together with the AI Leap team. * Curated the challenge topics, shaping the themes teams would build solutions around. * Designed the end-to-end participant selection process — screening 70 applicant teams and selecting the 30 strongest to compete. * Delivered structured feedback to applicants and teams throughout the program. * Led the assessment and evaluation of ideas and participants against clear criteria. * Built the process as AI-driven from the ground up, with OpenAI Codex at its core — OpenAI was the event's technology partner.

CEO

Kolm Põrsakest

2015-9 - 2021-6 · 5 yrs 10 mos

Tartu

Three Piglet's aim is to inspire curiosity, the courage to experiment, ambition and being scientific through science theatre, hobby classes and products for children.