# Crystal Hutter

> Crystal Hutter is an entrepreneur, advisor and executive coach, and a co-founder and former CEO of Edmodo. She joined its founding team in 2010 after engineering work at Oracle and social investment work at Omidyar Network. Her public work connects teacher-led product development, global learning communities, founder mentorship and inclusive teams.

- **Role:** Entrepreneur, advisor and executive coach; mentor at Unreasonable Group (public biography, undated)
- **Organizations:** Edmodo, Oracle Corporation, Omidyar Network, Unreasonable Group
- **Education:** MBA, Columbia Business School, Bachelor’s degree (field not verified), Wright State University
- **Known for:** Helped build Edmodo as co-founder, COO and CEO., Led Edmodo during the 2014 Series D financing and expansion of its teacher community., Unreasonable’s biography credits her COO and CEO period with growth to more than 50 million users by early 2015.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2010** — Worked as a senior engineer at Oracle, then on global microfinance, mobile banking and education investments at Omidyar Network.
- **2007** — Quoted as an Omidyar Network investment manager in Grameen Foundation’s annual report, discussing support for Mifos.
- **2010** — Joined Edmodo’s founding team; served as chief operating officer.
- **2013** — Became Edmodo CEO; appointment was reported in March.
- **2014** — CEO during Edmodo’s $30 million Series D led by Index Ventures; December announcement named Vibhu Mittal as successor and Hutter as president focused on strategic partnerships.
- **2015** — Spoke to Berkeley InSITE Fellows in late October; November account described her as an Edmodo advisor.
- **2017** — Participated as a mentor in Project Literacy Lab 2017 through Unreasonable.
- **2018** — Featured in the #BehindEveryGreatCity inclusion campaign launched at SXSW.

## Achievements

- Helped build Edmodo as co-founder, COO and CEO.
- Led Edmodo during the 2014 Series D financing and expansion of its teacher community.
- Unreasonable’s biography credits her COO and CEO period with growth to more than 50 million users by early 2015.
- Public Unreasonable profile records advice to more than 13 of its companies.

## Latest updates

- **2018-03** — Participated in #BehindEveryGreatCity, an inclusion campaign launched at SXSW 2018; campaign material identified her as Edmodo co-founder and advisor.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystalhutter
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CrystalHutter

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Last updated: 2026-10-25