Podcast
Ep 21 – Bridging Data Gaps: Helping States Make Smarter Education and Workforce Decisions
September 1, 2025
26 Minute Listen
The tricky business of integrating complex data silos across state education agencies - and why it matters.
Host Shannon Gattens sits down with Matt Warden, Business Head at LearningMate Double Line, to explore how states can better leverage complex education and workforce data. They discuss the important work Double Line is doing to help organizations unlock data insights, including the development of a powerful tool that makes the Education-to-Workforce Indicator Framework more accessible. Matt shares how this tool helps states identify data gaps, integrate information across agencies, and focus resources effectively. The conversation also highlights the challenges of cross-silo data integration, the role of equity in data-driven decisions, and what the future holds for education and workforce data collaboration.
About our guest
Matt joined Double Line as a data engineer 13 years ago. For the last seven years, he's been leading the company as CEO.
Double Line joined the LearningMate family about three years ago.

Matt Warden
Business Lead
LearningMate / Double Line
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