Who we serve
Built for the people who answer to the cabinet and the board.
We work only in higher education, so we already speak the language of census dates, IPEDS, SCFF, accreditation, and student success.
By role
Trusted data needs every one of these groups. Each brings a strength the others rely on, and we design the work so those strengths add up.
CIOs and IT leaders
You own the systems, the pipelines, and the risk. You need a platform that is modern, documented, and maintainable by your own team.
BringsInfrastructure, security, integration, and stewardship of the systems of record.
Institutional research and effectiveness
Your office answers the questions everyone asks, from IPEDS to accreditation to the board. You need pre-cleaned, trusted data instead of rebuilding logic report by report.
BringsMeaning: cohort and metric definitions, research design, and external-reporting expertise.
Provosts and academic affairs
You make program, scheduling, and student-success decisions. You need timely, trusted views of enrollment, retention, and completion.
BringsDirection on programs and student success, and the questions that matter most to the academic mission.
CFOs and finance leaders
You need reliable finance, payroll, and workforce data for period close, budgeting, and funding formulas.
BringsStewardship of public resources, and the business rules behind budget, payroll, and funding metrics.
Enrollment, financial aid, and operations leaders
Financial aid, the registrar, HR, enrollment services, and other operational offices run on reports every day. Most reporting demand is operational, and you need it accurate, on time, and in your own hands.
BringsContext: the business rules and day-to-day knowledge that turn raw records into information.
By institution
California community colleges and multi-college districts
116 colleges and 73 districts: SCFF funding metrics, Data 3.0 and MIS changes, and Argos and legacy reporting retirement.
Community colleges on Banner in other states
Strategic-reserve and modernization funds, and ERP and Chart of Accounts changes.
Public universities on Banner
ERP modernization planning, and Power BI and AI adoption.
Higher-ed technology firms and consultancies
Teaming with firms that need a domain-expert architect on higher-education projects.
Platforms we work with: Ellucian Banner on Oracle and the Canvas LMS; Microsoft SQL Server, SSAS Tabular, Power BI, and Fabric; Snowflake, Azure Databricks, and Spark; AWS; dbt, Airflow, and Dagster; OpenMetadata; Tableau; and open-source PostgreSQL and DuckDB.
Start with a 30-minute readiness call
Tell us what you are trying to fix or build. You will talk with the architect who does the work.
Led by Victor Manchik, founder and principal data architect