Schutzler Joins Livemocha as New CEO
Gregory T. Huang6/8/10
Bellevue, WA-based Livemocha, the online language learning startup, said today it has appointed Michael Schutzler as its new CEO. Schutzler was previously the CEO of Classmates.com, a senior vice president at RealNetworks and Monster.com, and the founder of CEOSherpa, a business coaching firm. He succeeds Livemocha co-founder and former CEO Shirish Nadkarni, who will serve as chairman and chief strategy officer. Livemocha launched in 2007 as a global website and online community for language learning. The company has raised $14 million in venture funding from Maveron and August Capital since 2008.
Gregory T. Huang is Xconomy's National IT Editor and the Editor of Xconomy Boston. You can e-mail him at gthuang@xconomy.com, call him at 617-252-7323, or follow him on Twitter at @gthuang.
