A Design Leader and Storyteller creating impact for purpose and driving transformational change.

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A Product Design Director leading with humanity, authenticity and empathy.

Holly is a first generation Australian (the daughter of Sri Lankan immigrants), who lives and works in the US, currently directing Product Design and UX at Code and Theory agency.

Her experience spans 11+ years over UX/Product Design and Strategy —embedded in teams like Google, Nike, PwC, Clover and Kinship —as well as building 0 - 1 products at startups and social enterprises around the world - Australia, Japan and Singapore and now the US, to name a few.

In addition, Holly’s work also explores impact for change. She co-founded a mental health startup called Limbr, whose mission was to make mental healthcare more acceptable and more accessible and also founded ‘Brown Ceremony,’ an online journal celebrating art, film, and culture across the South Asian diaspora.

  • Building products that are understandable and useable through a shared mission has become the standard, but I aim to go beyond striving to instill joy or bring relief or pleasure to peoples lives, which I believe is a much more powerful outcome.

    Prioritizing outcome over output means we get to enrich the lives of people of all abilities, ethnicities and identities.

    When we pair empathy and inclusion, with data driven insights, we create lasting impact.

  • Sustainable, transformative impact that fosters compassion and care for each other and our world is important now more than ever. Creating solutions that improve personal safety, quality of life and considers all people is necessary for progress and change.

    I define that impact and drive change through zero-to-one experiences and products that activate and mobilize organizational and individual purpose.

    I aim to remove barriers through accessible and inclusive design so that all people can move with ease regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, size, ability or cognition.

  • My Leadership combines Coach and Transformational styles. I believe building psychological safety across all teams is the cornerstone of collaboration and knowledge sharing.

    I empower my team to feel good about themselves, and give them the tools to grow and develop their pov and voice so that they’re always equipped for change.