Kirsten Hosic

Kirsten Hosic is a UX researcher with a PhD in Psychology from Northeastern University. She’s done research at Google and now leads UX research strategy for Security Lifecycle Management (SLM) tools at IBM. A Minnesota transplant who has called Boston home since 2013, Kirsten loves open source, enjoys challenging the status quo, and thinks we should all be asking how AI can be used safely, thoughtfully, and to help each other. When she’s not talking to users, you’ll find her lifting heavy things, planning her next trip, three books deep into a fantasy series, or rearranging the living room again. She’s also mom to a toddler in a full-blown princess phase, so she’s usually outranked at home.