Christian Holst

Co-Founder

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark19 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-founder of the Baymard Institute.
Expert in e-commerce user experience optimization.
Speaker at international e-commerce conferences.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in e-commerce usability research and optimization.

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Skills

Core Skills

User Experience ResearchE-commerce Optimization

Other Skills

Interaction & Usability DesignMS Office SuiteGoogle AnalyticsVisual storytellingSolidworksConcept DevelopmentUsability TestingProduct DevelopmentPrototypingGoogle AdwordsConversion OptimizationPro EngineerUsabilityInnovation ManagementSEO

About

Lead usability researcher and co-founder of the Baymard Institute, where we conduct original large-scale usability studies of leading commerce sites, documenting what performs well with users and what doesn't. Go to baymard.com to find 200+ free UX research articles, e-commerce usability benchmark databases, and 7 premium usability research studies, already being used by 71% of the Fortune 500 companies within e-commerce and more than 3,000 e-commerce companies, researchers, and UX designers, across 80+ countries. Specialties: o User Experience Research o E-Commerce Optimization o Interaction & Usability Design

Experience

Web conferences

International Keynote Speaker at

Jan 2012 – Present · 14 yrs 2 mos

Speaker at various e-commerce and online marketing conferences and events – typically speaking about e-commerce user experience optimization and mobile commerce usability:
o Conversion Boost, Denmark, 2021
o Dansk Industri, Denmark 2021
o Amazon Merchant Summit, UK, 2019
o Facebook After the Click, NYC USA, 2019
o Amazon Merchant Summit, Germany, 2019
o GPEC SUMMIT, Romania, 2019
o Conversion Boost, Denmark, 2019
o Amazon Merchant Summit, Austria, 2018
o Smashing TV, Members-Only, 2018
o Amazon Merchant Summit, London UK, 2018
o Amazon Merchant Summit, London UK, 2017
o Umbraco Festival, Denmark, 2017
o Codegarden, Denmark, 2017
o Smashing Conference & Workshop, San Francisco USA, 2017
o Smashing Conference & Workshop, Barcelona Spain, 2016
o T-mobile Executive Conf., Vienna Austria, 2015
o Smashing Conference, Freiburg Germany, 2015
o MobX, Berlin Germany, 2015
o UX Alive, Istanbul Turkey, 2015
o Checkout Optimization Lessons, VisualWebsiteOptimizer (web), 2014
o Mobile Commerce Usability, Denmark, 2014
o Mobile Commerce World, UBM, San Francisco USA (web), 2013
o Marketing Camp, Denmark, 2013
o Online Travel Leaders Retreat, Abacus, Shanghai China, 2013
o Smarter Web Strategies, Australia (web), 2012

High tech innovation

Product Development Engineer

Apr 2011 – Mar 2012 · 11 mos

Working as consultant developing a range of products for various B2C and B2B clients. Responsibilities included component sourcing, concept ideation, patent screenings, etc.

Baymard institute

Co-Founder

Aug 2009 – Present · 16 yrs 7 mos

At Baymard Institute we're researching the best ways to improve the online user experience. We conduct original large-scale research studies on e-commerce usability, published as articles, industry reports, and benchmark databases.
Baymard Institute’s 130,000 hours of UX research is used by more than 3,000 e-commerce companies, researchers, and UX designers, across 80+ countries, and includes 71% of all Fortune 500 e-commerce companies.

User Experience ResearchE-Commerce OptimizationInteraction & Usability Design

Oticon a/s

Development Engineer

Jun 2008 – Jun 2010 · 2 yrs

Responsible for developing a new (now patented) hearing aid accessory. Gained competences within user centered concept development and collaboration with external partners in large organizations.

Burden butcher i/s

Co-Founder

Jun 2008 – Oct 2009 · 1 yr 4 mos

Part of the developing team behind the worlds first project management webapplication for freelancers by freelancers - with integrated time tracking, client collaboration and 1-click-invoicing.

Pbs / nets.eu

Product Development Manager

Aug 2006 – Jan 2007 · 5 mos

Screening for new opportunities within the payment industry. Gained competences within process design in the financial sector and optimizing credit card payment processes. Partly in collaboration with MasterCard and VISA.