Alex Kirtland

Current

• UX at Lab49
• Partner at UsableMarkets

Past

• UX Consultant at Schematic
• UX Consultant at Moto Research, LLC
• UX Consultant at Morgan Stanley

• UX Director at SchoolNet
• Experience Lead at razorfish
• Experience Lead at SBI.Razorfish/Scient
• UX Lead at Avenue A/Razorfish

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Industry

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Websites

• My Blog
• My Website

Alex Kirtland’s Summary

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

- Product, application and web site development and definition
- Usability testing
- User research
- Information architecture
- UX Leadership

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

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

He also writes the blog UsableMarkets, which discusses markets and user experience.

Alex Kirtland’s Specialties:

Financial Services, start ups

Alex Kirtland’s Experience

• UX

  Lab49

  (Internet industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

• Partner

  UsableMarkets

  (Internet industry)

  March 2004 — Present (5 years 9 months)

• UX Consultant

  Schematic

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

• UX Consultant

  Moto Research, LLC

  (Internet industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

• UX Consultant

  Morgan Stanley

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MS; Financial Services industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

• UX Director

  SchoolNet

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

• Experience Lead

  razorfish

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  2000 — 2004 (4 years )

• Experience Lead

  SBI.Razorfish/Scient

  (Internet industry)

  2000 — 2004 (4 years )

• UX Lead

  Avenue A/Razorfish

  (Internet industry)

  2000 — 2004 (4 years )

Additional Information

Alex Kirtland’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Website

Alex Kirtland’s Interests:

online markets, prediction markets, healthcare markets, energy markets, wine markets, and more.

Alex Kirtland’s Groups:

The Information Architecture Institute, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA)

•    User Experience Network
•    Interaction Design Association
•    Information Architecture Institute (IAI)
•    User Experience
•    AvenueA-Razorfish Alumni
•    Razorfish USA Alumni
•    Midas Oracle = Prediction Markets + Market Predictions
•    Ultra Light Startups
•    Prediction Markets Cluster
•    Rosenfeld Media
•    Content Strategy

Alex Kirtland’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch