# Alexander Knoll

> Alexander Knoll is the Munich-based co-founder and CEO of Condens, a founder-owned software company for analyzing, organizing and sharing user research. A former NavVis product manager, he interviewed more than 160 UX researchers before founding Condens and writes and speaks about ResearchOps, research impact and evidence-based uses of AI.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Condens
- **Organizations:** Condens, NavVis, UX Research Meetup Munich
- **Education:** Business administration studies, University of Mannheim, Business administration studies, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Business administration studies, with strategy, marketing and innovation focus, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Innovation & Product Development program, Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM)
- **Known for:** Interviewed more than 160 UX researchers to identify problems and opportunities before founding Condens., Co-founded Condens with Maximilian Hackenschmied and Matěj Švejda., Led Condens as CEO; the company says it remains profitable and entirely founder-owned.

## Career timeline

- **2016–2018** — Product Manager at NavVis, according to his XING profile.
- **2018** — His XING profile dates his Condens co-founder role to August 2018.
- **2020** — Published a UXmatters article on research repositories and customer centricity.
- **2021** — Reported that Condens achieved profitability early in the year.
- **2022** — Participated in a Rosenfeld Media repository retrospective on March 9.
- **2025** — Published an article on common-sense AI integration with Nielsen Norman Group and spoke about research ROI with Emmanuelle Savarit.

## Achievements

- Interviewed more than 160 UX researchers to identify problems and opportunities before founding Condens.
- Co-founded Condens with Maximilian Hackenschmied and Matěj Švejda.
- Led Condens as CEO; the company says it remains profitable and entirely founder-owned.
- Reported 5x monthly recurring revenue growth and 3x customer growth during 2021.
- Organizes UX Research Meetup events in Munich.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — On May 13, announced workspace-wide AI search across raw research data in Condens; the exact publication date is present in LinkedIn’s structured metadata.
- **2025-02** — Published Common-Sense AI Integration: Lessons from the Cofounder of Condens with Nielsen Norman Group on February 21.
- **2025-05** — A May 23 Condens article documented his discussion with Nikki Anderson about showing the impact of user research.
- **2025-06** — Joined Emmanuelle Savarit for the June 25 User Interviews panel Demystifying the ROI of User Research.
- **2025-08** — Published Do We Still Need Taxonomies Now That We Have AI-Powered Search? on August 26.

## Links

- Website: https://condens.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderknoll/

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