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.
Working examples of the kind of software I build for education non-profits — live where possible, coming soon where they're not.
Interactive analysis of North Carolina's public School Report Card data.
Turning a state data dictionary into a searchable database, automatically.
Automated feedback on recorded teaching sessions, scored against a rubric.
Replacing a nonprofit's fragile tracker sheets with one shared program database.
Pulling structured data out of university-provided documents at scale.
Application, review, and award systems purpose-built for how a scholarship program actually runs.
Replacing spreadsheets and manual processes with software that fits how staff actually work.
Turning messy administrative data into dashboards and reports people actually use.
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.