Michael Kirkpatrick

Creative Technologist & Digital Strategist

With over 15 years experience in the Internet space Mike began his career with Hasbro Interactive as the founding member of a burgeoning Internet team. After launching Monopoly, Clue and Scrabble online, Mike put down the Nerf gun and left to work in the corporate environments of several Boston-based companies. He’s worked in financial services, legal and technology fields as a user experience maven and Internet strategist helping large companies organize and execute significant web initiatives.

Most recently, Mike helped turn a student-loan startup into a key player in the student-loan space processing nearly a billion dollars in loans annually via the online channel. Mike has a background in design and computer science, and has closely observed web design patterns and their evolution over the past dozen years. Currently, Mike runs the PARTNERS+simons digital department and is constantly shifting gears to deliver strategic consultation, information design and creative polish to our clients’ solutions. In his role,

Mike helps clients think through their Internet strategies and delivers interesting and noteworthy interactive experiences using a carefully balanced mix of social media, rich Internet and UI-design. Mike has worked with a number of our clients including a number of Blue Cross/Blue Shield clients, Emerson Hospital, Chartis Insurance and Prudential just to name a few.