Meet Otus

Otus was designed by educators to simplify the way schools manage data, assessments, and instruction. We empower teachers, administrators, and families with the tools and insights they need to support every student’s success—all in one place.

Our Mission

Otus provides the tools and data educators, students, and families need to monitor and improve performance.

Our Vision

Ensure every educator and the school community has the insights they need to make a difference in students’ lives.

It all started in a middle school classroom

It all started in a middle school classroom

Back in 2010, two middle school teachers secured funding for 1:1 devices in their classroom, hoping to transform the way they personalized learning.

But instead of solving problems, the devices amplified the bigger issue—the lack of connection across the many programs they used.

It quickly became clear they needed one tool to unify everything. The problem? The tool didn’t exist yet.

That’s when the idea for Otus was born.

One of those teachers was Chris Hull, who co-founded Otus to solve this problem.

As Otus has grown, Chris has remained deeply committed to ensuring that the platform stays true to its purpose: helping educators, students, and families succeed.

Today, Otus supports over 1 million learners across 200 districts by providing the tools and insights to monitor and improve student performance.

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Today, Otus supports over 1 million learners across 200 districts by providing the tools and insights to monitor and improve student performance.

Read the Otus Story

Meet Chris Hull
Co-Founder and President of Otus

As a former educator, Chris understands the challenges and rewards of teaching firsthand— an experience that continues to inspire his work at Otus.

His journey from the classroom to founding Otus was driven by a passion for education and a desire to make a meaningful difference.

Chris believes that every student deserves the opportunity to succeed —as both a founder and a parent, this mission hits close to home. His own children’s school district uses Otus, giving him a unique perspective as both a creator and user of the platform.

This dual role reinforces his commitment to ensuring Otus continues to provide the tools educators and families need to make a meaningful difference in students’ lives.

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See how districts in your state are using Otus to improve student outcomes.

Massachusetts

Driving equitable, data-informed growth for every Massachusetts student, with one connected platform.

Districts We Work With:

Marlborough Public Schools
New England Innovation Academy
UP Education Network
Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical School District
Tewksbury Public Schools
Conservatory Lab Charter School

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“We have a very unique competency-based system for assessment – a mash-up of competency, standards, mastery, and traditional. It was very difficult to find a tool and gradebook to support how we do things, and Otus filled every need we had.”

Camp

Head of Teaching and Learning

New England Innovation Academy

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“From an equity standpoint, I'm able to drill down and talk with administrators about any patterns, like, if there are higher percentages of special education students or students with low income who are also chronically absent. That's easy to look at within the Otus dashboard.”

Jody O'Brien

Assistant Superintendent of Student Services & Equity

Marlborough Public Schools (MA)

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Kentucky

Supporting every Kentucky learner’s growth with unified data—from academics and behavior to college, career, and life readiness—all in one place.

Districts We Work With:

Jefferson County Public Schools
Marshall County Schools
Bullitt County Schools
Logan County Schools
Floyd County Schools
Carroll County School
Bellevue Independent Schools

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Kentucky is moving beyond traditional letter grades with Portrait of a Learner, a statewide shift in which more than 140 districts are redefining success through real-world skills like critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and resilience. This new approach replaces one-off tests with authentic “defenses of learning” — student-led presentations, projects, and portfolios evaluated by real audiences — helping prepare every graduate for life, work, and civic engagement.

Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS)

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Marshall County Schools (KY) adopted Otus in 2019 to give teachers real-time visibility into student progress — streamlining assessment, grading, and data tracking across all 11+ schools. Since then, the district has used Otus to administer nearly half a million assessments in 2024–25, deliver over 65,000 lessons, and consolidate multiple data sources (like Renaissance Star, state summative assessments, ACT/AP, and more) — transforming how educators monitor, understand, and act on student learning across grade levels.

Marshall County Schools

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Utah

Supporting every Utah learner’s growth, from academics to the competencies in your Graduate Profile—all in one place.

Districts We Work With:

Wasatch County School District
Noah Webster Academy

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Utah’s PCBL framework rests on five essential ideas: A culture of learning. Learner agency. Demonstrated competency and assessment. Customized supports. Social-emotional learning. Otus helps bring these ideas to life in classrooms every day.

“PLCs get back together the next Monday and compare the data… ‘Oh my gosh, you’re ten to twenty points higher than me. How did you do that?’ Our system really revolves around teachers learning from teachers.”

Paul Sweat

Superintendent

Wasatch County School District

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Colorado

Supporting every Colorado learner’s growth, from academics to the competencies in your Graduate Profile—all in one place.

Districts We Work With:

Weld County School District Re-3J
Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8
St. John’s School
Mapleton School District No. 1
Strasburg School District 31J
Alamosa School District No. Re-11J
Cheraw School District No. 31
Moffat School District No. 2
Monte Vista School District No. C-8

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“Our previous platform was antiquated and far from intuitive. When we moved away from it, we tried to use our Student Information System to create student plans, but that alone wasn’t enough. We ended up relying on Google Drive and manually pulling third-party data from various websites to piece together data snapshots. It was very much a hodgepodge. This was a huge driver for us in adopting Otus—we needed a solution that could produce reports and capture all that data in one place.”

Becky Langlois

Executive Director of Assessment and Innovation

Weld County School District Re-3J

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"We needed to implement a robust data system behind the scenes so students’ work could go into multiple buckets that would make sense based on the standards they were expected to learn in Colorado and could translate to the local educators at their families’ next duty assignment."

Dr. William Dallas

Assistant Superintendent of Student Achievement

Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8

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Wisconsin

Tracking progress across academics, behavior, and future readiness—supporting Wisconsin’s goals for growth and student success.

Districts We Work With:

Salem School District
Wilmot Union High School
Janesville School District
Hortonville School District
Monroe School District
Milton School District
Mishicot School District
Oconto Falls School District
Chequamegon School District
Freedom Area School District

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“I've seen other programs fail because the teachers or administrators don't feel like they're supported. Our staff is eager to learn about Otus because they know they're going to get support when they have questions. And it’s so user-friendly. This is what stands out from any of the competitors that I've ever used – it's just that responsiveness. They understand, because it's made by teachers, that teachers are pulled in so many different directions.”

Dr. Vicki King

Superintendent

Salem School District

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"I have teachers that have been teaching 10, 20, almost 30 years, and they're actually identifying this as one of their more valuable years, and saying, 'I feel like I'm actually teaching students, gauging their learning, and seeing those growth points.’ And that's something I think Otus does an amazing job with, that individual growth and progress, monitoring, tracking, and being able to share that with parents and staff."

Don Norwick

Associate Principal of Curriculum & Instruction

Wilmot Union High School

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Illinois

Unifying your Illinois student data and turning real insights into action that moves learning forward.

Districts We Work With:

Westmont CUSD 201
North Shore School District 112
East Moline School District 37
Winnetka School District 36
Mundelein School District 75
Canton Union School District 66
Orland School District 135

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“You look at which kids did not do well on that assessment, that quiz, or that one simple question. Those are the kids that we're pulling back to a table and working with one-on-one, while the other kids are working independently. So we're targeting the students struggling the most. Another main reason people are using Otus right now is to help identify those students quickly.”

Lisa Kosin

7th Grade Math Teacher

Westmont CUSD 201

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"The data is organized into one place, and then there's multiple different ways that we can filter and use that data to help us inform what our kiddos need."

Lexi Robinson

Coordinator for Teaching & Learning

North Shore School District 112

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Georgia

Supporting every learner with one platform that brings GaMTSS monitoring, CCRPI-aligned insights, and classroom data together to guide future-ready growth in Georgia.

Districts We Work With:

Bulloch County Schools
Wayne County Schools
Brooklet Elementary School
Gainesville City School District
Dalton Public Schools
Screven County School District
Echols County School District

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"We utilized [our previous] platform for about 10 years. Our teachers started getting frustrated, and it was not as user-friendly as Otus, so we were losing teacher usability pretty quickly. By the end of last year (2023), before we moved on, we only had about 10% of our teachers utilizing that platform. So we knew that we needed to find something that was more user-friendly for our teachers, more accessible so that they would get back on board and look at student data."

Millie Boykin

Director of School Improvement

Bulloch County Schools

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“I think Otus did a lot more than what our administrators even thought was possible. I think that they're excited because there's data all in the same place, but also there were features that we now need that we didn't know we needed before.”

Erin Franks

K-5 Instructional Technology Specialist

Wayne County Schools

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“I love that teachers are able to track a student’s progress over time, and we are able to look at data as a team to make informed decisions about students’ interventions.”

Jennifer Hutchens

MTSS Coordinator

Brooklet Elementary School

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Meet Our Team

We are a team of people who are passionate about improving the lives of teachers and students. Just as we believe students should be seen for who they are, so should our employees. Scroll to meet the stellar Otus team!

Chris Hull

President and Co-founder

Phil Collins, Ed.D.

Chief Customer Officer

Corey Maxey

Chief Technology Officer

Keith Westman, Ed.D.

Chief Strategy Officer

Kevin Gallman

SVP of Sales

Mike Peterson

VP of Marketing

Samantha Mason

VP of Client Success

Zach Schnieder

Sr. Director of Product

Surbhi Agrawal

Engineering Manager

Stephanie Baeza

Senior UX Designer

Andrew Bayer

Senior Software Engineer

Kelley Britton

Sr. Director of Client Experience

Monica Burke

Assessment Solutions Coordinator

Vanessa Carroll

Regional Sales Manager

Caitlin Casey

Business Development Representative

Zac Cericola

Senior Engineer

Rick Connell

Senior Engineering Manager

Britt Crowe

Client Experience Partner

Josiah Denny

Director of Engineering - Platform

Sam Drilias

Senior Engineer

Mahmoud Farahat

Senior Front End Engineer

Brooke Fodor

Lead Client Support Specialist

Zach Fodor

Lead Client Experience Partner

Joseph Fortman

Senior Engineer

Matt Frank

Lead Client Data Analyst

Stephanie Galván

Senior Integration Specialist

Carrie Gruber

Regional Sales Manager

Anna Gulstine

Engineering Manager

Jess Haberny

Senior Product Designer

Kenny Hsu

Integration Specialist

Kendell Hunter

Director of Marketing

Kris Hyland

Lead Client Data Analyst

Kevin Johnson

Director of Engineering - Application

Paul Kaskovich

Director of Sales

Ethan Kelly

Lead Client Support Specialist

Hillary Kleppel

Community Manager

Alyssa Kovatchis

Regional Sales Manager

Lexi Kozicki

Marketing Project Manager

Kristine LeBlanc

Digital Marketing Manager

Mackenzie Loch

Client Experience Associate

Jimmy March

Regional Sales Manager

Lexi Marquardt

Client Experience Partner

Jennifer Maschino

Regional Sales Manager

Keith Meisel

Senior Engineer

Ty Mondragon

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Margaret Parks

Regional Sales Manager

Kayla Perry

Regional Sales Manager

Danielle Pramick

Sales Enablement Manager

Olivia Reinauer

Senior Client Support Specialist

Haley Save

Client Support Specialist

Jessica Seiler

Lead Client Experience Partner

David Specht

Email Marketing and Content Manager

Jacqueline Takyi-Yeboah

Controller

Mando Torres

Multimedia Designer

Kristin Town

Manager of Client Support

LaToya Tufts

Client Support Specialist

Nikki Veen

Senior Engineer

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Meet Otus

Our Mission

Our Vision

It all started in a middle school classroom

It all started in a middle school classroom

That’s when the idea for Otus was born.

One of those teachers was Chris Hull, who co-founded Otus to solve this problem.

Meet Chris HullCo-Founder and President of Otus

Hear from K-12 Schools Using Otus

Massachusetts

Districts We Work With:

Camp

Head of Teaching and Learning

New England Innovation Academy

Jody O'Brien

Assistant Superintendent of Student Services & Equity

Marlborough Public Schools (MA)

Kentucky

Districts We Work With:

Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS)

Marshall County Schools

Utah

Districts We Work With:

Paul Sweat

Superintendent

Wasatch County School District

Ohio

Districts We Work With:

New Jersey

Districts We Work With:

Colorado

Districts We Work With:

Becky Langlois

Executive Director of Assessment and Innovation

Weld County School District Re-3J

Dr. William Dallas

Assistant Superintendent of Student Achievement

Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8

South Carolina

Districts We Work With:

California

Districts We Work With:

Lisa Wardle

Instructional Coach

Hemet Unified School District

Minnesota

Districts We Work With:

Virginia

Wisconsin

Districts We Work With:

Dr. Vicki King

Superintendent

Salem School District

Don Norwick

Associate Principal of Curriculum & Instruction

Wilmot Union High School

Illinois

Districts We Work With:

Lisa Kosin

7th Grade Math Teacher

Westmont CUSD 201

Lexi Robinson

Coordinator for Teaching & Learning

North Shore School District 112

Georgia

Districts We Work With:

Millie Boykin

Director of School Improvement

Bulloch County Schools

Erin Franks

K-5 Instructional Technology Specialist

Wayne County Schools

Jennifer Hutchens

MTSS Coordinator

Brooklet Elementary School

Meet Our Team

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Meet Chris Hull
Co-Founder and President of Otus