
Dr. Keith Westman
COO at Otus.com
Keith is the Chief Operating Officer at Otus. Otus is the first edtech platform to centralize learning management, assessment, and data on one platform, reducing chaos for educators, students, and their families. Keith is regularly tapped by major media for his expertise and commentary in education and technology.
Otus serves 160 unique school districts, with over 1,000,000 monthly users. With a revenue increase of 300%, the future for Otus is exciting.
Keith is happy to share your episode with his fans on social media!
- Education
- Parenting
- Leadership
- 📍 Highland Park, IL
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Let's talk about
- How schools fail kids.
- How technology is not the silver bullet for education.
- How the technology industry has created complete chaos in schools.
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A lifelong educator, Keith Westman has spent his entire professional career working in K-12 education and education-related fields. After serving as a middle school principal, a technology coordinator, and a third-grade teacher, Keith became the fourth employee of Aspex Solutions (acquired by Frontline Education in 2014) and led the sales and marketing efforts which led to Aspex serving over 3,000 school district clients throughout the US, Canada, and Asia.
Keith now serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Chicago-based Otus. In addition to his day job, Keith serves as an adjunct professor in the Graduate College of Education at DePaul University in Chicago. Keith has a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Loyola University Chicago, a master’s degree in education from DePaul University and a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from National-Louis University.

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Dr. Keith Westman
COO at Otus.com
- Education
- Parenting
- Leadership
- 📍 Highland Park, IL
Keith is the Chief Operating Officer at Otus. Otus is the first edtech platform to centralize learning management, assessment, and data on one platform, reducing chaos for educators, students, and their families. Keith is regularly tapped by major media for his expertise and commentary in education and technology.
Otus serves 160 unique school districts, with over 1,000,000 monthly users. With a revenue increase of 300%, the future for Otus is exciting.
Keith is happy to share your episode with his fans on social media!
read more
Let's talk about
- How schools fail kids.
- How technology is not the silver bullet for education.
- How the technology industry has created complete chaos in schools.
--
A lifelong educator, Keith Westman has spent his entire professional career working in K-12 education and education-related fields. After serving as a middle school principal, a technology coordinator, and a third-grade teacher, Keith became the fourth employee of Aspex Solutions (acquired by Frontline Education in 2014) and led the sales and marketing efforts which led to Aspex serving over 3,000 school district clients throughout the US, Canada, and Asia.
Keith now serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Chicago-based Otus. In addition to his day job, Keith serves as an adjunct professor in the Graduate College of Education at DePaul University in Chicago. Keith has a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Loyola University Chicago, a master’s degree in education from DePaul University and a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from National-Louis University.
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Dr. Keith Westman
Chief Operation Officer at Otus.com
- 📍 Highland Park, IL
- Education
- Parenting
- Leadership
Keith is the Chief Operating Officer at Otus. Otus is the first edtech platform to centralize learning management, assessment, and data on one platform, reducing chaos for educators, students, and their families. Keith is regularly tapped by major media for his expertise and commentary in education and technology.
Otus serves 160 unique school districts, with over 1,000,000 monthly users. With a revenue increase of 300%, the future for Otus is exciting.
Keith is happy to share your episode with his fans on social media!
read more
Let's talk about
- How schools fail kids.
- How technology is not the silver bullet for education.
- How the technology industry has created complete chaos in schools.
--
A lifelong educator, Keith Westman has spent his entire professional career working in K-12 education and education-related fields. After serving as a middle school principal, a technology coordinator, and a third-grade teacher, Keith became the fourth employee of Aspex Solutions (acquired by Frontline Education in 2014) and led the sales and marketing efforts which led to Aspex serving over 3,000 school district clients throughout the US, Canada, and Asia.
Keith now serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Chicago-based Otus. In addition to his day job, Keith serves as an adjunct professor in the Graduate College of Education at DePaul University in Chicago. Keith has a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Loyola University Chicago, a master’s degree in education from DePaul University and a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from National-Louis University.
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Timeline
Jun 2015 – Present
Otus
COO
The Otus Student Performance Platform, exists to transform education by leveraging data to maximize learning.
Mar 2011 - Present
DePaul University
Adjunct Professor
Teach courses in the area of educational leadership and human resources management for the College of Education Graduate School.
Jul 2008 - Jul 2014
Aspex Solutions
(1st acquisition of Frontline Education)
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Increased annual sales $600,000 to $6.1 million.