Matt Niksch

I build technology and data systems for education non-profits — scholarship platforms, program operations, data visualization infrastructure, and the AI-powered tools that make them smarter.

Demos

Working examples of the kind of software I build for education non-profits — live where possible, coming soon where they're not.

NC Public School Performance

Interactive analysis of North Carolina's public School Report Card data.

Government Data, Decoded

Turning a state data dictionary into a searchable database, automatically.

AI Video Coaching Coming soon

Automated feedback on recorded teaching sessions, scored against a rubric.

Coming soon

College Explorer

Helping students and families compare colleges and financial aid offers.

From Spreadsheet to System of Record

Replacing a nonprofit's fragile tracker sheets with one shared program database.

AI Document Extraction Coming soon

Pulling structured data out of university-provided documents at scale.

Coming soon

What I build

Custom software for schools, scholarship programs, and education nonprofits

Scholarship platforms

Application, review, and award systems purpose-built for how a scholarship program actually runs.

Program operations

Replacing spreadsheets and manual processes with software that fits how staff actually work.

Data visualization infrastructure

Turning messy administrative data into dashboards and reports people actually use.

AI-powered workflows

Applying AI to work that used to take hundreds of staff hours — like reviewing text entries against rubrics or extracting details from documents.

Matt Niksch is an independent consultant and fractional CTO working with education non-profits.