Summary
Phyllis L is a product designer and lecturer with 8+ years building B2B, SaaS, and AI-driven experiences at Snowflake, Shopify, Microsoft, and Meta. She led end-to-end design for Snowflake’s Data Marketplace and AI data features (including a patented Marketplace AI search), and drove high-impact merchant and email experiences at Shopify that generated millions in GMV. As an adjunct faculty at University of Toronto and former MDes graduate from UC Berkeley, she bridges practice and pedagogy—teaching Figma fundamentals and studio design while mentoring the next generation of designers. Her work centers on helping users make better decisions and save time/money, and she’s known for turning complex data products into delightful, self-serve experiences.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Human Centered Design and Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Human Centered Design and Engineering at University of Washington Human Centered Design & Engineering
Education(major), Information Studies(minor), Education(major), Information Studies(minor) at McGill University
English, Chinese, French