About Me

Hi, I'm Allie Thu (she/her) — a design leader who specializes in making organizations work better through systems thinking, cross-functional partnership, and inclusive design.

​

For over 15 years, I've built programs, frameworks, and teams that change how organizations make decisions — not just what they ship. At GitHub, I've led the transformation of accessibility from a compliance checkpoint into an embedded, strategic function, reshaping workflows across product, engineering, legal, marketing, and design. That work taught me what I'm actually good at: creating clarity in ambiguous environments, influencing stakeholders across organizational boundaries, and designing the systems that make good decisions easier to repeat.

​

I thrive at the intersection of operational rigor and human-centered thinking. I build high-trust teams grounded in curiosity, collaboration, and direct communication. I believe great design, like great leadership, is never accidental. It's the result of intentional systems, shared language, and rituals that create space for continuous improvement.

​

Whether I'm establishing governance frameworks with senior leadership, building tooling that scales across thousands of users, or coaching a designer through a hard conversation with a PM, I show up with the same approach: curious, organized, and always asking what structures need to exist so this works better than it did yesterday.

​

Outside of work, I'm a proud parent to an endlessly curious and creative little human, partner to the love of my life, and a big fan of California cool interiors, strength training, and family adventures in the outdoors of Colorado. My home life keeps me grounded and reminds me every day why thoughtful, inclusive design matters.