Mike Nam Lee

Mike Nam Lee serves as the UX Platform and Device Platform Lead at Canva, overseeing approximately 70 team members across multiple subgroups focused on enhancing user experience through accessibility, design systems, and internationalization. With a track record of nurturing emerging engineering talent and driving significant improvements such as PDF accessibility features and user-editable alt text, Mike has played a pivotal role in advancing Canva's design system. Prior experience includes roles as a software engineer at Qwilr and a frontend engineer at ROKT. Additionally, Mike contributes to the arts as a cast member in Lightbulb Improv, performing improvised comedy. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from UNSW, a Student Exchange program in Computer Science at the University of California, Davis, and a Graduate Certificate in Economics from The Australian National University.