Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Honoree
2021
Founding Partner Backbone Angels
Former Chief Talent Officer of Shopify Inc
Brittany is a talent, culture and human expert. Spending the past 11 years, in her role as Chief Talent Officer at Shopify - a leading global commerce platform and one of the world’s fastest growing companies. She recently left Shopify to pursue Backbone Angels and Advisory roles. She now spends her time advising and investing in founders, with a focus on women and non-binary founders. Brittany began her career at Shopify in 2010 as an office manager, but through hard work, drive, and her appetite to learn, she built Shopify’s Talent function from the ground up, growing a local startup of 20 employees in Ottawa to an international team of over 7,000. She also partnered to take Shopify public in 2015, and managed the acquisition and integration of eight companies over the last nine years. Brittany spearheaded the growth of her teams and has developed Shopify’s Culture, Internal Operations, Talent Operations, Business Partner, Talent Acquisition, Diversity & Belonging and Talent Development teams who form the unique, yet impactful Talent team at Shopify. In recent years, she has led the charge n various talent programs that directly impacted the company’s culture, community involvement, and growth. Brittany currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Ottawa’s Boys and Girls Club and recently graduated from Harvard Business School's Executive leadership Program.
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