Amy Thibodeau is a senior UX leader who most recently led a team of over 130 designers, content strategists, and researchers working on Shopify's Core products. During her time at Shopify she also led the launch of the Polaris design system, built the Platform UX team, and founded the Design Ops practice. In earlier iterations of her life she was one of the first members of Facebook’s now gigantic content strategy team, she renovated an old house in the south of France, worked in art museums, and traveled around the world for a year. Amy lives in Canada with her husband Dan and small but mighty dogs, Gus and Ella.