Alex Kirtland
user experience & product development
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Alex is a user experience professional with over 10 years of experience. He specializes in:

  • Product development and envisioning
  • Information design and data visualization
  • Information architecture (and the fine art of wireframing)
  • Usability testing
  • User research
  • Managing UX Teams / UX Leadership
  • Designing and guiding the development of great web and mobile applications

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    Contact 
    email:
    alex at alexkirtland dot com

    phone:
    +1 917 623 9131
    skype: akirtland

    Online Profiles
     Linked In
    Boxes and Arrows
    Slide Share


    Selected companies he's worked (or working) with, in general chronological order with most recent first:

    Krossover Intelligence / sports media startup
    product development, application design

    Lab49 / financial services, consulting
    principal UX architect

    Morgan Stanley / investment bank
    application design, user research, usability testing

    Donor's Choose / non-profit
    training for usability testing

    Broadway.com / media & entertainment
    usability testing, training for usability testing

    Nokia / communications
    usability testing for OVI application

    Moto Research / automotive industry startup
    application design & envisioning, user research, usability testing

    InTrade / prediction market
    product envisioning

    Reuters / media
    product envisioning

    Federal Reserve Bank of New York / branch of the US central bank
    intranet design

    Ford / manufacturing
    redesign of Ford.com

    Panels and Presentations

    Panel member: Ultra Light User Experience (New York, July 2009)

    Why Markets Love The Internet (Or the 1 Hour MBA for Experience Designers and Other Layabouts)(IA Summit, 2008)

    Introduction to Prediction Markets(IA Summit, 2007)

    Articles
    On A Scale of 1 to 5: Understanding Risk Improves Rating and Reputation Systems

    Communicating Complex Ideas: How Public Prediction Markets Simplify Concepts about Buying and Selling Events and Ideas

    Ads Are Here To Stay: Planning For Ad Placement

    Executive Dashboards

    Interview with Alex at Midas Oracle

    Maginot Lines of code: infowar, infocrime, and data defense

    What He's Read ... Would Like To Read
    Alex's Library at Google Books

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    © 2011 Alex Kirtland