Alec Levin

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Co-Founder and CEO at Learners 🌱

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Alec Levin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Learners, a community and platform for UX professionals. A University of Toronto graduate, his work focuses on bridging the gap between founders and their users. Colleagues describe him as an inspiring, tenacious, and user-centric leader with deep expertise in user research.

Outside of work, Alec is a family man who lives with his wife and children in London, Ontario. He is dedicated to building professional communities, often organizing meetups and events for researchers in cities like Toronto and New York City to foster connection and shared learning.

A unique fact: He co-founded two companies, UXRCollective (now Learners) and Learners itself, both dedicated to advancing the user research profession.

Personality Overview

Relationship Oriented

Believer

Big Picture Person

They are always positive and upbeat, so take their promises with a pinch of salt.  They are friendly, approachable and love to make new connections. They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be.

Topics They Care About

UX & Business Strategy
Advocates for researchers to move beyond insights and connect their work to business metrics like ROI and conversion rates to drive strategic impact.
Accessible Career Learning
His company, Learners, was founded with the mission to make professional career learning and development more accessible for everyone in the UX field.
Building UXR Communities
Grew a small Toronto meetup into UXR Collective (now Learners), a global community, to connect researchers who were often working alone.

Media Appearances

Sprig adds Alec Levin from Learners as Advisor. Featured in Sprig Blog

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Work History

7-2020
Co-Founder and CEO at Learners 🌱
1-2023 - 12-2024
Advisor at Sprig
9-2017 - 6-2020
Co-Founder at UXRCollective
11-2018 - 10-2019
Head of Product at Finaeo Inc.
12-2017 - 10-2018
User Researcher at North

Education

2009 - 2013
Honours Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) from University of Toronto

More Information

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Exp : 6 Location : San Francisco, California, United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Co-Founder and CEO at Learners 🌱

Interested in

Art

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Insights For Selling To Alec

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Speak enthusiastically with energy, maintain a clear and confident tone
  • Use adjectives like ‘amazing’, ‘coolest’, ‘unbelievable’ etc.
  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee

DONT's

  • Don’t be excessively objective, be a storyteller
  • Don’t assume a yes just because they have not said no
  • Avoid overloading them with too much detail

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Alec is

  • Relationship and rapport can play an important role, sometimes more than the other factors.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Alec

  • They will probably never say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Alec move?

  • They are not the quickest decision makers, their friendly attitude could be misleading.
  • Can Alec take some risk or not?

  • They may take certain risks that they deem unlikely of personal repercussions.

You And Alec

Personality Compatibility


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