Michael Kurtz (Founder) is an award winning designer with over 15 years of international experience in Industrial Design, Interaction Design and Graphic Design. Michael has a degree in Industrial Design from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and a Master's Degree in Ergonomics & Usability from Loughborough University in Loughborough, UK.

Prior to launching MKiD, Michael worked for a number of years at Nortel's Corporate Design Group in Canada and Europe focusing on areas as diverse as mobile device design, network product design, remote collaboration, voice interfaces and interface design research. After leaving the corporate world for the brave new world of the dot coms, Michael honed his skills as an interface designer and evaluator working as Design Director for companies like DocSpace and Critical Path, in Toronto, Calgary and San Francisco.

Michael is a member of IDSA and the Usability Professionals Association.

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