Monday, October 2, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Principles of Team Wireframing

Billy Carlson • Design Educator, Balsamiq

Monday, October 2, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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“Ask Me Anything” with Dan Mall, Author of Upcoming Rosenfeld Title, Design that Scales

Dan Mall • Author of Design that Scales

Monday, October 2, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Keeping Design Weird

Lori Muszynski • Executive Director, Design Evolution - People, JPMorgan Chase
Peter Merholz • Co-author of Org Design for Design Orgs

Monday, October 2, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Navigating the Ethical Frontier: DesignOps Strategies for Responsible AI Innovation

Jay Bustamante • UX Strategist, VMware

Monday, October 2, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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The Power of Difficult Conversations: A Case Study on How We Introduced Design Ops in the Federal Government Space

Elena Naids • Senior UX Designer 2, AdHoc LLC
Liza McRuer • Senior User Experience Designer, Ad Hoc LLC

Monday, October 2, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Changing Our Design Pressure Points

Tim Parmee • Lead Experience Designer & Strategist, Thoughtworks

Monday, October 2, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Understanding Screen Readers on Mobile: How And Why to Learn from Native Users

Sam Proulx • Accessibility Evangelist, Fable

Monday, October 2, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Do More With Less: Equip and Lead Design Orgs Through Adversity

Bassel Deeb • Design Programme Lead, frog (part of Capgemini Invent)
Will Osborn • Service Design Director, frog (part of Capgemini Invent)

Monday, October 2, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Navigating the Rapid Shifts in Tech's Turbulent Terrain

Angelos Arnis • Design Operations Manager, Smartly.io

Monday, October 2, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Theme One Intro

Jon Fukuda • Co-founder, Limina.co

Monday, October 2, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Opening Remarks

Louis Rosenfeld • Principal, Rosenfeld Media
Bria Alexander • DesignOps Curator

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Streamlining an Inclusive Design Practice

Zariah Cameron • Co-Director of Community + Research, Aroko Cooperative

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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How to Define and Maintain a DesignOps Roadmap

Peter Boersma • DesignOps Consultant

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Bring your DesignOps Story to Life! The Definitive DesignOps Book Jam

John Calhoun • Co-author of The Design Conductors
Rachel Posman • Co-author of The Design Conductors

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Design Planning and Management Support

Jon Fukuda • Co-founder, Limina.co
Ellie Krysl • Design Discipline Lead, Limina

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Knowledge is Power: Managing the Lifeblood of the Design Org

Maria Taylor • CEO & Principal Consultant, Limina

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Documentation Your Team Will Actually Use

Gabrielle Verderber • Manager, UX Operations, AppFolio

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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How AI will Change DesignOps Tooling

Louis Rosenfeld • Principal, Rosenfeld Media
Billy Carlson • Design Educator, Balsamiq
Jon Fukuda • Co-founder, Limina.co
Maria Taylor • CEO & Principal Consultant, Limina

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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The Design System Rollercoaster: From Enabler and Bottleneck to Catalyst for Change

Nina Jurcic • Design Manager; Design System & DesignOps Advisor

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Online Shopping: Designing an Accessible Experience

Sam Proulx • Accessibility Evangelist, Fable

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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AI as a Design Partner: How to Get the Most Out of AI Tools to Scale Your Process

Kelly Dern • Senior Product Designer, Google

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Theme Two Intro

Bria Alexander • DesignOps Curator

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Opening Remarks

Bria Alexander • DesignOps Curator

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Scaling Success: Paving the Path from DesignOps to VP

Deanna Washington • Technical Program Manager for Adobe Design
Tim Allen • VP, Design & Research, Instacart
Jeff Courcelle • VP, User Experience & Chief Designer, MicroStrategy
John Maeda • VP of Design and Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft
Matt Raw • VP, Product Design Culture & Operations, The New York Times
Erica Tjader • VP of Design and Research, SurveyMonkey

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Today’s Design Ops and Programs Landscape & Career Paths

Abbey Smalley • Former Head of Design Programs, Amazon

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Paving the Path for Neurodiversity in Design

Pippa Lomas • Design Operations Manager (Research), BT

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Why Social Justice Frameworks are Necessary for Successful DEI/JEDI Initiatives

Spencer L. A. Stultz • Sr Program Manager, Product Equity, Adobe, Inc

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Why Changing Hearts & Minds Doesn’t Work When Promoting DE&I Efforts, but Checklists Do

Theresa Slate • Design Operations Lead, Northern Trust
Erin Robertson • Design System Program Manager, Northern Trust

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Cultivating Design Ecologies of Care, Community, and Collaboration

Sahibzada Mayed • Trauma-Informed Researcher, Abolitionist, Pause & Effect
Lauren Lin • Designer, Researcher, Student, Northwestern University

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Theme Three Intro

Saara Kamppari-Miller • Inclusive DesignOps Program Manager, Intel

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023

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Opening Remarks

Bria Alexander • DesignOps Curator