Lucas Waldenback
See moreFun fact: Plays tennis in whatever city the conference calendar sends him to, and has the losing record to prove it.
These are some of the people who own Zutobi Instructor day to day.
Fun fact: Plays tennis in whatever city the conference calendar sends him to, and has the losing record to prove it.
Fun fact: Grills year round, follows his team through every bad season, and has opinions about the best road-trip diner in New England.
Fun fact: Fishes for cod. When he is not at the computer you will find him by the lake or at a soccer game.
Fun fact: Has music on from the first coffee to the last email, and will defend the quality of his playlist even though it is just 10 songs on repeat.
Fun fact: Builds LEGO with his kids and takes it more seriously than they do.
Fun fact: Spends her weekends on Bay Area trails, the only hours of the week she is not in a car.
We asked driving schools what they run on and kept hearing the same thing: three or four tools that do not talk to each other, and not one of them includes the curriculum, which is what students actually learn from.
So we build both halves in one platform, the admin and the teaching, because better-taught students make safer drivers.
The course is written by driver education professionals and is not summarized from a state handbook: each state version is aligned to that state’s traffic laws, DMV handbook and test format, with the handbook used as the accuracy check rather than the source. Certified driving instructors review the content, and when a state changes a rule, the affected lessons and questions are updated.
More on how the course is built: our methodology and what schools teach from.
Zutobi has worked in driver education since 2018 and builds the #1 drivers ed app in the U.S., which more than 15.1 million learners have used and which was named an EdTech Awards winner in 2023 for test prep. Zutobi Instructor is our B2B software for driving schools, currently with 100+ driving schools across 25 states and growing fast.

Associate member of GHSA, which represents the state highway safety offices.

Partner and sponsor, and listed in the DSAA driving school directory. Next: Atlantic City, October 19–22, 2026.

Corporate member, sponsor, and exhibitor at the 2026 national conference. Next: St. Louis, July 11–14, 2027.
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