Founding Partner and Chief of Design at Powered by People, a technology platform digitizing the Handmade Sector to enable economic opportunity at scale. In addition to her own consultancy, Phillips previously served as Managing Director, Global Head of Industrial Design at BlackBerry, led merchandising at Aritzia, and created home lifestyle brand Caban, which was acquired by Polo Ralph Lauren. Phillips holds over 100 patents and her work has been globally recognized with numerous awards, including Red Dot "Best of the Best". She has a Bachelor of Industrial Design from Carleton University
