About Lucido Technology Consulting
Our Mission
At Lucido Technology Consulting, we believe that California public schools deserve complete sovereignty over their educational data. Our mission is to empower school districts with local-first data infrastructure that eliminates vendor lock-in, ensures FERPA compliance, and puts analytics power directly in the hands of educators. Led by Founder and Principal Consultant Frank Lucido, our firm combines deep expertise in educational data systems with modern open-source analytics technologies like DuckDB, Polars, and Apache Arrow.
We are passionate about leveraging technology to support underserved communities and close the achievement gap through innovative, mission-driven solutions. Our track record includes helping California school districts reduce analytics costs by up to 70% while ensuring 100% regulatory compliance and complete data sovereignty across diverse stakeholder ecosystems.
Core Competencies
Educational Data Systems
Deep expertise with CALPADS, SIS platforms (Aeries, PowerSchool), and student information systems. We understand FERPA compliance requirements and help districts build secure, sovereign data pipelines that keep all student data on-premises.
Local-First Analytics Stack
Proficiency with DuckDB, Polars, Apache Arrow, and dbt for building high-performance educational analytics that run entirely on-premises. We eliminate expensive warehouse costs and vendor lock-in while delivering lightning-fast query performance.
Data Pipeline Engineering
Design and implement ETL/ELT pipelines for student data that ensure data quality, lineage, and compliance while eliminating vendor lock-in. Our solutions process CALPADS data in milliseconds, not minutes.