James Bull
Principal Design Operations Program Manager
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Bull is a DesignOps leader with 14+ years building programs, teams, and systems that scale design’s impact across fast-growing product organizations. Currently a Principal Design Operations Program Manager at Microsoft, he previously founded and scaled Shopify’s DesignOps practice during hyper-growth—growing UX from 70 to 600+ and creating a 500+-page UX Handbook used by 5,000+ employees. He combines strategic program design (adoption campaigns, learning ecosystems, large-scale events) with hands-on team-building that cut new-hire ramp time from nine to six months and reduced leadership effort by 70%. Known for turning community incentives into sustained contribution (90% of the handbook content) and growing ShopifyUX’s audience from zero to 100K+ followers, he blends optimism and service-oriented change leadership. Based in Ottawa, he thrives at the intersection of operations, education, and culture to amplify designers’ influence on product and business outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
New Media Production and Design, New Media Production and Design at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Github Skills (25)
homebridge8
samsung8
wordpress-themes8
tizen7
home-assistant7
css7
frontend7
linting6
media-player6
dump6
popup6
mobile-first5
dashboard5
wordpress-plugin4
linux3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Subu1449/TEDxYYC-Wordpress-Theme
May 2012 - Jul 2013
Contributions:7 commits in 1 year 2 months
responsive-wordpress-themewordpresswordpress-themetedxwordpress-plugin
vikingkarwur/TEDxYYC-Wordpress-Theme
Apr 2012 - Apr 2012
A responsive wordpress theme for TEDx websites
Contributions:6 commits in 14 days
wordpress-themes
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