Michael Schutzler

Michael Schutzler (born 1962) is the CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association[1] and former CEO of Livemocha,[2] an online language learning community. He is also an author and business coach.

Schutzler's tertiary education began at Pennsylvania State University. There, he earned a Bachelor of Science,[3] in Electrical Engineering.[4][citation needed]

Since 2000, he has been CEO and senior executive in several Internet industry firms and services including Classmates.com,[2][5][6] Monster Worldwide[7] and RealNetworks.[8][9][verification needed]

In 2007, Schutzler founded the business-coaching firm, CEOsherpa.com.[2][10]

On 8 June 2010, Schutzler was announced as the new CEO of Livemocha.[2]


  1. ^ Staff
  2. ^ a b c d Huang, Gregory T. (8 June 2010). "Schutzler Joins Livemocha as New CEO". Hearst Newspapers. www.seattlepi.com. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  3. ^ Huang, Gregory T. (7 June 2010). "LiveMocha, Inc. Executive Profile". Bloomberg Businessweek. investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  4. ^ "CEOsherpa.com Main page". CEOsherpa.com: CEOsherpa. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  5. ^ Soto, Monica (14 June 2001). "Classmates.com: Fees are fine". The Seattle Times. seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Monster Redefines Career Management By Harnessing Professional Networking". www.businesswire.com: Business Wire. 20 October 2003. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  7. ^ Senior Vice President of Consumer Products.
  8. ^ Senior Vice President of Global Games Division.
  9. ^ "Hasbro Teams Up With RealNetworks To Expand Digital Media Entertainment For Classic Games Properties". investor.realnetworks.com: RealNetworks. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  10. ^ Formerly Bluesevenpartners.com.