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.

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Our Mission

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

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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

Chris
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Otus on a laptop
Chris Hull and Otus Users

It all started in a middle school classroom

Chris

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

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

Otus on a laptop

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.

Chris Hull and Otus Users

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.

Read the Otus Story

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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Hear from K-12 Schools Using Otus

Learn how Otus makes it easier for K-12 leaders across the nation to support student growth.
Illinois
Wisconsin
Santa Rosa, California
Kentucky
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Georgia
Colorado
Nebraska
Idaho
Arkansas
Michigan
Connecticut
Florida
New Hampshire
Roseville, California
Hemet, California

Illinois

“We had a lot of teachers using different platforms and parents were getting confused. Utilizing Otus helped us to really streamline that so that there was one single system to help their student navigate learning.”

Lexi Robinson

Instructional Technology Coordinator
North Shore School District 112 (IL)
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“What we love about Otus is we’re not the ones spending time gathering and organizing the data. It’s in there; we just pull it up and look at it. Now, we’re truly focused on instruction – which is what teachers and instructional coaches should be doing.”

Sheri Peacock

Associate Superintendent of Student Achievement
East Moline School District 37 (IL)
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"The first question is, ‘Where are we going?’ So you're looking at your standards and really understanding what the standards are, and then how are you assessing those standards, you know, where are we at now. And I would say we really are leaning into our platform, which is Otus, around, putting those assessments in this platform and really kind of tagging as they create an assessment."

Dr. Susan Ejma

Director of Teaching and Learning
Maercker School District 60
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“By bringing Otus in, that's been an opportunity for us to take the weight and responsibility off our school psychs or administrators and really give them the chance to focus on the actual data and what it says, helping to prepare for data team meetings. Now that we've continued to roll that out and broaden the exposure that staff within our district have to it [Otus], it's making data more readily available for their decisions and allowing them to explore some of their curiosities and wonderings about individual students, their class, or their grade level.”

Patrick Dawson

Director of Innovation, Teaching & Learning
Winnetka Public School District 36
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Wisconsin

“I wanted to find a tool that could ground the data, but, more importantly, create something that’s user-friendly for teachers and students. Our students can really own their metrics and their journey, and see the relationship between goal-setting and the progress that they’ve made. With Otus, you’re going to see a more invested student, and they’re going to understand the relevance. It’s one of the best data tools to support Portrait of a Graduate.”

Scott Carr

College and Career Readiness Consultant
CESA 7 (WI)
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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 (WI)
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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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Santa Rosa, California

“With just a few clicks on Otus, I can get the full picture of every student. It’s data that I can truly use instead of perusing through charts that have been formed a week after the fact. The immediate nature of the actionable data is what makes it even more powerful.”

Trevor Johnson

Second-Grade Teacher and Technology Advisor
Santa Rosa Academy (CA)
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Kentucky

“What we love about Otus is we can create any type of assessment — formative, summative, rubric. I can also create any type of question. We had a seventh-grade ELA assessment where the learning standard was to match a type of media to an article. I was able to upload a podcast in Otus and add a nonfiction article that our students were able to toggle between.”

Vivian May

Secondary Instructional Coach
Marion Country Schools (KY)
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“Because the data in Otus is so accessible, we can pull it up in seconds, as opposed to having to dig through manual sources and compile it ourselves, which would take hours. We can easily see where our kids are and delve in to talk about next steps.”

Lee Anna VanDyke

Secondary Instructional Coach
Marion County Knight Academy (KY)
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Massachusetts

“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 (MA)
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North Carolina

“We really needed a data system that was different from what our Student Information System would provide – a way to look at students more holistically including their past and present data. I started using the plans in Otus last year and this works really well for academic tracking. This year, I’ve taken it to my entire intervention team.”

Jessica Conn

MTSS Coordinator
Maureen Joy Charter School (NC)
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Georgia

"We've never had a platform that encompasses everything—from testing to data, progress monitoring, and MTSS—all in one place, with a complete student profile. With our previous platform, teacher engagement dropped to just 10%, so we knew we needed a solution that would reengage teachers and make student data easy to access and use."

Millie Boykin

Director of School Improvement
Bulloch County Schools (GA)
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“Instead of going through multiple reports to determine a student’s needs and gaps, it will all be right there for us. The ability to track progress for individual students and customize learning plans directly within Otus will save time when addressing specific student needs, especially for those requiring additional support.”

Jennifer Hutchens

Brooklet Elementary School
MTSS Coordinator (GA)
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Colorado

“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 (CO)
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Nebraska

“We were looking for a place to house all the data district-wide. We’re a smaller district, but still have a ton of data. So to have that solid, concise, one-place spot for all of our data was what we were looking for.”

Megan Glazebrook

Elementary Instructional Coach
Conestoga Public Schools (NE)
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“Prior to Otus, everything was kind of all over the place in different platforms, and we just weren’t using data as much as we needed to. We felt like having a location for all of that would help the teachers to use it more.”

Jodi Fierstein

Jodi Fierstein, Elementary Principal
Superior Public Schools(NE)
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“The main thing that drove us toward Otus was its ease of use. Not only does it check all the boxes as far as getting the data in one spot, but it is simple to use. It has a great interface, and you can tell it was built by teachers, for teachers.”

Matt Moore

Director of Technology
Papillion La Vista Community Schools
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“One of the nice things about Otus is that we can put our data in, and Otus helps us customize it so it looks the way we want it to look. And that has been really helpful because, as principals or teachers or groups come to me with specific questions, I always say, ‘Well, what question are you trying to answer?’ And then we go to Otus. And if we can’t answer the question with the data there, then I call our specialist at Otus, and she can help us figure it out.”

Angie Wright

Director of Assessment
Papillon La Vista Community Schools
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Idaho

"Otus has made my 5 years of teaching more organized and cohesive."

Tyler Avey

Social Studies Teacher
Nampa School District (ID)
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“The OCE program has been wonderful. It is straightforward and easy to follow. I have learned so many useful tips and tricks. Creating lessons and assessments on the fly has never been so easy.”

Cassandra Coleman

FIRST GRADE TEACHER, CHALLIS JOINT DISTRICT, ID
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Arkansas

“I like that all my data is in one place and that it links student learning needs to Khan Academy.”

Taylor Lewis

7th Grade Math Teacher
Gravette School District (AR)
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Michigan

"We have had amazing support and have been so impressed with just the responsiveness of everybody in Otus, whether that's via email, whether that's the in-app chat, or just even jumping on a quick Zoom to problem solve something."

Ashley Troy

Director of Teaching & Learning
Northwest Education Services
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Connecticut

“While there was an expectation that schools were analyzing data and teachers were adjusting instruction based on that data, it was very cumbersome. Some schools had created various spreadsheets, some were doing things by hand. Nothing was standardized. It wasn't possible for school leaders to have access to classroom-level data or for district leaders to have access to school-level data. So we were looking for a solution that provided that visibility and also really made the analysis much easier for our educators. Our educators had to go to a lot of different places to get what's housed in Otus now.”

Kristin Schmitz

Director of School Improvement
Norwalk Public Schools
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Florida

“The thing that we love about Otus is that it provides us with the opportunity to put all of our resources into one place – a one-stop shop. We can take all of our data, put it into Otus."

Chris Combass

Director of Teaching & Learning
Hamilton County Schools
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New Hampshire

"Teachers have told me, ‘For the first time ever, I finally understand why I’m teaching what I’m teaching—because it’s tied to a standard.’ There was real buy-in on what we’re going to teach and how we will measure that.”

Hether Shulman

Assistant Principal
Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District
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Roseville, California

The district needed a better way to track and communicate student proficiency on learning standards. Roseville City School District adopted Otus in 2018 to support standards-based grading and improve visibility into student learning.

Roseville City School District

Assessments, Data & Analytics, Standards-Based Grading
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Hemet, California

The district needed a centralized platform to design, administer, and analyze assessments aligned to learning standards while also supporting collaborative planning and multiple views of student progress.

Hemet Unified School District

Assessments, Data & Analytics, Standards-Based Grading
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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

Chris Hull

President and Co-founder

Phil Collins, Ed.D.

Phil Collins, Ed.D.

Chief Customer Officer

Corey Maxey

Corey Maxey

Chief Technology Officer

Keith Westman, Ed.D.

Keith Westman, Ed.D.

Chief Strategy Officer

Kevin Gallman

Kevin Gallman

SVP of Sales

Mike Peterson

Mike Peterson

VP of Marketing

Samantha Mason

Samantha Mason

VP of Client Success

Zach Schnieder

Zach Schnieder

Sr. Director of Product

Surbhi Agrawal

Surbhi Agrawal

Engineering Manager

Stephanie Baeza

Stephanie Baeza

Senior UX Designer

Andrew Bayer

Andrew Bayer

Senior Software Engineer

Kelley Britton

Kelley Britton

Sr. Director of Client Experience

Monica Burke

Monica Burke

Assessment Solutions Coordinator

Vanessa Carroll

Vanessa Carroll

Regional Sales Manager

Caitlin Casey

Caitlin Casey

Business Development Representative

Zac Cericola

Zac Cericola

Senior Engineer

Rick Connell

Rick Connell

Senior Engineering Manager

Britt Crowe

Britt Crowe

Client Experience Partner

Josiah Denny

Josiah Denny

Director of Engineering - Platform

Sam Drilias

Sam Drilias

Senior Engineer

Mahmoud Farahat

Mahmoud Farahat

Senior Front End Engineer

Brooke Fodor

Brooke Fodor

Lead Client Support Specialist

Zach Fodor

Zach Fodor

Lead Client Experience Partner

Joseph Fortman

Joseph Fortman

Senior Engineer

Matt Frank

Matt Frank

Lead Client Data Analyst

Stephanie Galvan

Stephanie Galván

Senior Integration Specialist

Carrie Gruber

Carrie Gruber

Regional Sales Manager

Anna Gulstine

Anna Gulstine

Engineering Manager

Jess Haberny

Jess Haberny

Senior Product Designer

Kenny Hsu

Kenny Hsu

Integration Specialist

Kendell Hunter

Kendell Hunter

Director of Marketing

Kris Hyland

Kris Hyland

Lead Client Data Analyst

Kevin Johnson

Kevin Johnson

Director of Engineering - Application

Paul Kaskovich

Paul Kaskovich

Director of Sales

Ethan Kelly

Ethan Kelly

Lead Client Support Specialist

Hillary Kleppel

Hillary Kleppel

Community Manager

Alyssa Kovatchis

Alyssa Kovatchis

Regional Sales Manager

Lexi Kozicki

Lexi Kozicki

Marketing Project Manager

Kristine LeBlanc

Kristine LeBlanc

Digital Marketing Manager

Mackenzie Loch

Mackenzie Loch

Client Experience Associate

Jimmy March

Jimmy March

Regional Sales Manager

Lexi Marquardt

Lexi Marquardt

Client Experience Partner

Jennifer Maschino

Jennifer Maschino

Regional Sales Manager

Keith Meisel

Keith Meisel

Senior Engineer

Ty Mondragon

Ty Mondragon

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Margaret Parks

Margaret Parks

Regional Sales Manager

Kayla

Kayla Perry

Regional Sales Manager

Danielle Pramick

Danielle Pramick

Sales Enablement Manager

Olivia Reinauer

Olivia Reinauer

Senior Client Support Specialist

Haley Save

Haley Save

Client Support Specialist

Jessica Seiler

Jessica Seiler

Lead Client Experience Partner

David Specht

David Specht

Email Marketing and Content Manager

Jacqueline Takyi-Yeboah

Jacqueline Takyi-Yeboah

Controller

Mando Torres

Mando Torres

Multimedia Designer

Kristin Town

Kristin Town

Manager of Client Support

LaToya Tufts

LaToya Tufts

Client Support Specialist

Nikki Veen

Nikki Veen

Senior Engineer

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