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

  • Design strategy for websites, applications, and other digital products
  • Managing UX Teams / UX Leadership
  • Usability testing
  • User research
  • Information architecture

    • In addition, he trains individuals how to perform usability tests, and organizations how to incorporate usability testing into their web site development lifecycle.

    His interests include online markets (including prediction markets, financial markets, healthcare markets, and so on), information dashboards, trading interfaces, information design, and economics.

    Finally, he writes the blog UsableMarkets.

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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
    UX Zeitgeist

    Resume
    in pdf format
    please inquire to see a portfolio of Alex's work

    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


    Some companies he's worked with:
    Financial
    Morgan Stanley
    - Application design
    - User research
    - Usability testing

    InTrade
    - Design strategy
    - Stakeholder interviews
    - User testing

    Federal Reserve Bank of New York
    - Intranet redesign

    Western Union
    - Extranet design

    Peak6
    - Envision new trading platform for retail clients

    Reuters
    - Envision new B2B2C product for financial advisors

    Media & Communications
    Broadway.com
    - Usability testing
    - Training for usability testing

    Blockbuster
    - UX Lead for Silverlight, movie exploration application

    Nokia
    - Usability testing for OVI application

    Rodale
    - MensHealth.com site redesign
    - Search design
    - Recipe finder

    		 Non-profit
    DonorsChoose.org
    - Usability testing, training

    Manufacturing
    Moto Research (startup)
    - Application design
    - User research
    - Usability testing

    Kodak
    - Site redesign for Kodak Dental
    - Metadata strategy for Kodak Medical

    Ford
    - Redesign of Ford.com

    Philip Morris USA
    - Intranet redesign
    - Experience lead for all Avenue A - Razorfish Philip Morris PM USA projects

    Avaya
    - Avaya.com site redesign
    - Executive dashboard
    - Usability testing
    - Metadata strategy

    Pharma
    Merck
    - Application design

    Pfizer
    - Intranets
    - Application design

    Travel
    ResortQuest
    - Redesign of resortquest.com

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

    His Current, Favorite Information Graphic
    scales

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    © 2009 Alex Kirtland