Michael Holzer
Director of Internet Product & Design
Michael Holzer is an interaction designer, product strategist and product manager. His experience encompasses desktop and internet applications, including social media, consumer and enterprise software, e-commerce, marketing and promotional websites. His specialties are maintaining the coherence of user experience across a broad range of products and services, and ensuring that design and development continually adhere to business objectives.
Michael is currently the Mobile Product Lead for Xobni, an internet startup that is revolutionizing the way people manage email relationships. Xobni provides advanced search and social features to users of Microsoft Outlook, and Michael leads product and design efforts for Xobni’s mobile products including the upcoming release of the BlackBerry client.
Previously, Michael was a User Experience Design Manager at Yahoo!, where he provided interaction design and management for Yahoo! Groups, Messenger and other community-based projects (over 100 million end users.) He has taught in the M.F.A. program at the Academy of Art, San Francisco. An avid cyclist and skateboarder, Michael served as the Co-founder and Creative Director at Cyclocross Magazine.
Prior to Hi5, as User Experience Design Manager at Yahoo!, Michael provided interaction design and management for Yahoo! Groups, Messenger and other community-based projects (over 100 million end users.) He has also taught in the M.F.A. program at the Academy of Art, San Francisco. An avid cyclist and skateboarder, Michael was a Co-founder and Creative Director at Cyclocross Magazine.
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