Bria Alexander
DesignOps Curator
Bria Alexander is a Senior Design Program Manager, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) consultant, and an International Speaker, Facilitator, and Interviewer. She currently supports Unified Experience and Brand Experience Programs within Adobe’s Design organization, where she also leads the San Jose site of the Black Employee network and the Creative Cloud Product Representation and Equality team.
With over 10 years of facilitation and hosting experience, Bria has served as the curator and emcee for Adobe’s Design Summit, and for Rosenfeld Media’s Design Operations Conference. She has also served as host for all Rosenfeld Media conferences for the past 2 years including the Advancing Research Conference, Design at Scale Conference, Design Operations Conference and Civic Design Conference.
Outside of her professional commitments Bria enjoys travel, live music, and a great bottle of wine. You can find Bria on LinkedIn under her full name, or on Instagram @briaismynameoh.
Rosenverse talks by Bria:
" Designers need to help users recognize when AI is wrong and what to do about it - Christopher. "
Day 1 Panel: Up to the Minute: The latest in AI’s impact on UX
June 10, 2025
" We talked all about resilience, curated by myself yesterday. "
Day 3 Welcome
September 25, 2024
" Sometimes resources are available as soon as an hour or 30 minutes after the talk, like the team is working miracles. "
Day 2 Welcome
September 24, 2024
" The sponsor sessions are equal in quality and quantity as our main programming and completely free for anyone to attend. "
Day 1 Welcome
September 23, 2024
" Our behavior is implicit messaging; we need both explicit and implicit signals to support resilience on teams. "
The Big Question about Resilience: A panel discussion
September 23, 2024
" Corey’s story of resilience during his 2023 to 2024 job search ends well because we accepted his offer at Adobe. "
Theme 1 Intro
September 23, 2024
" We need standardized role definitions, not everyone is a manager just because they manage initiatives - Peter Bosma. "
Charting the future of DesignOps: A community workshop
April 18, 2024
" You will have full copies of everything that you experienced today and all the questions. "
Opening Remarks Day 2
March 26, 2024
" Please stand up and hold each other’s hands, and on three, raise them high and shout Yeah so virtual can hear you. "
Opening Remarks Day 1
March 25, 2024
" The themes this year include transforming century-old industries, startup to enterprise, the outsider’s perspective, and partnering to transform. "
Welcome
January 8, 2024
" The primary way to convene with other attendees is through our Slack channel. "
Opening Remarks
January 8, 2024
" We are on our third and final day of Design Ops 2023. "
Opening Remarks
October 4, 2023
" You don’t have to take notes; session videos and decks will be shared as soon as possible. "
Opening Remarks
October 3, 2023
" This conference is the opportunity I saw to design an experience that felt personal to our community. "
Theme Two Intro
October 3, 2023
" If any of those adjectives do not apply to how you’re feeling right now, we wanna know. "
Opening Remarks
October 2, 2023
" If you feel uncomfortable or unsafe engaging in this community, we want to know about it. "
Opening Remarks
March 29, 2023
" Slack is the way you ask questions to the speakers, and it’s where most of the community interaction happens. "
Opening Remarks
March 28, 2023
" There is no need to take notes over the next few days. We have dedicated sketch notes and session resources. "
Opening Remarks
March 27, 2023
" Louisa Scholar saves us a lot of work by curating the Civic Design library and digital benefits hub. "
Opening Remarks
November 18, 2022
" If you want to avoid time zone confusion, you can switch the conference schedule to your local time on the program page. "
Opening Remarks
November 17, 2022
" You will come away from this conference with so many artifacts from these talks you won’t miss anything. "
Opening Remarks
November 16, 2022
" You gotta write that charter to get clarity with your team. "
Connecting the Ops: Plenary Panel and Closing Circle
September 9, 2022
" No need to take notes — our scribe David Nicholson is capturing detailed session notes and insights for you. "
Opening Remarks
September 9, 2022
" Slack is the heart and soul of this conference, where the most intimate interactions happen. "
Welcome
September 8, 2022
" The community of practitioners is the way we carry each other through difficult moments. "
Theme Two Intro
September 8, 2022
" Junior engineers often resent having to create OKRs that feel disconnected from their day-to-day work. "
OKRs—Helpful or Harmful?
January 20, 2022
" Everything can be designed – ourselves, relationships, processes, policies, systems. "
Reflect and Chart Forward
December 10, 2021
" Please read our code of conduct to ensure everyone can be their fullest selves while respecting others. "
Opening Remarks
October 1, 2021
" Knowing your boundaries and skills lets you focus influence into meaningful outcomes rather than spreading too thin. "
State of DesignOps Panel
October 1, 2021
" Check out our digital swag bag for some awesome offers from our sponsors – it's like free t-shirts and sweaters but digital. "
Opening Remarks
September 30, 2021
" Technical difficulties happen, so please use hashtag.deo help within our Slack channel or email for support. "
Opening Remarks
September 29, 2021
" You are the reason why we are able to have such high quality programming that we do have at this conference this week. "
Opening Remarks
June 11, 2021
" If you are not on Slack, you are missing out on one of the biggest and most interactive parts of our conference. "
Opening Remarks
June 10, 2021
" Our digital swag bag is free to all registered attendees and packed with awesome sponsor offers. "
Opening Remarks
June 9, 2021