Rosenverse

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:

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" The next generation is going to be AI native, digitally literate with these tools almost from birth - Brittany. "

Day 1 Panel: Up to the Minute: The latest in AI’s impact on UX

June 10, 2025

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" Please put your questions for a specific speaker in the associated thread for the talk. "

Day 3 Welcome

September 25, 2024

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" Sponsor sessions are optional but incredibly high quality content, not sales pitches. "

Day 2 Welcome

September 24, 2024

Bria Alexander

" If you want to make this conference better for you, just let us know in Slack — we want you to have a positive experience. "

Day 1 Welcome

September 23, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Supporting different ways people prefer to engage—like asynchronous workshops or prep time—helps introverts and extroverts contribute equally. "

The Big Question about Resilience: A panel discussion

September 23, 2024

Bria Alexander

" We can make ourselves and our practice better because of what we’ve learned on our journeys of resilience. "

Theme 1 Intro

September 23, 2024

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" Design ops is not execution or tactical, it’s a leadership role that brings design thinking to the whole organization - Patrizia. "

Charting the future of DesignOps: A community workshop

April 18, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Take a picture of the QR code to access the digital swag bag and special offers. "

Opening Remarks Day 2

March 26, 2024

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" This is a conference where you can stand up and people will see you do that — which we haven’t had in the past. "

Opening Remarks Day 1

March 25, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Sponsor sessions may require registration by email to prevent Zoom bombings and protect session integrity. "

Welcome

January 8, 2024

Bria Alexander

" There is no overlap between the main program sessions and sponsor sessions. "

Opening Remarks

January 8, 2024

Bria Alexander

" If you have a question for one of the speakers, put it in the specific thread associated with the talk or it will get lost. "

Opening Remarks

October 4, 2023

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" Slack is a huge part of how we are going to be engaging in today’s conference. "

Opening Remarks

October 3, 2023

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" This conference is the opportunity I saw to design an experience that felt personal to our community. "

Theme Two Intro

October 3, 2023

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" Try to walk away from this conference with at least one new design ops buddy. "

Opening Remarks

October 2, 2023

Bria Alexander

" If you have a question at the end of a presentation, please put that question in the thread associated with the talk. "

Opening Remarks

March 29, 2023

Bria Alexander

" Please respect our code of conduct to ensure a welcoming and safe space for all attendees. "

Opening Remarks

March 28, 2023

Bria Alexander

" The world really needs what researchers like you bring to the table. "

Opening Remarks

March 27, 2023

Bria Alexander

" Adjust your conference time zone setting depending on where you are to avoid confusion. "

Opening Remarks

November 18, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Please put your questions inside the thread specific to the talk so we can keep everything organized. "

Opening Remarks

November 17, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Go out the next three days as being part of this conversation rather than simply sitting back and being a consumer of information. "

Opening Remarks

November 16, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Make a business case for yourself by bragging about your capabilities and making them applicable. "

Connecting the Ops: Plenary Panel and Closing Circle

September 9, 2022

Bria Alexander

" The final panel will be grounded in your input from this summit — we want to hear from you in the FigJam link. "

Opening Remarks

September 9, 2022

Bria Alexander

" It seemed just like yesterday that I was talking with Dave Malouf. He dropped that term design ops on me. "

Welcome

September 8, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Through the expertise of our speakers and your engagement, we forge the future of our industry. "

Theme Two Intro

September 8, 2022

Bria Alexander

" An OKR coach told us to think of OKRs like a health panel at a physical—you have KPIs for status and OKRs for change targets. "

OKRs—Helpful or Harmful?

January 20, 2022

Bria Alexander

" We need to slow down decision-making processes so that ethics and systems thinking scale with project scope. "

Reflect and Chart Forward

December 10, 2021

Bria Alexander

" We have over a thousand members in the #do-general Slack channel, and that’s where the party is at. "

Opening Remarks

October 1, 2021

Bria Alexander

" I’m a power user of Airtable because it combines multiple tools into one accessible system for designers and teams. "

State of DesignOps Panel

October 1, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Sponsors make this conference possible, without them we wouldn't be here talking about some incredibly interesting things. "

Opening Remarks

September 30, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Thank you to all our sponsors; this entire conference would not be possible without you. "

Opening Remarks

September 29, 2021

Bria Alexander

" If you ever feel unsupported or unsafe, please let us know. It is our priority to make sure you feel protected and supported. "

Opening Remarks

June 11, 2021

Bria Alexander

" The official time zone of this conference is Pacific time. "

Opening Remarks

June 10, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Day one is all about ensuring craft on a massive scale, led by Uday Gahender. "

Opening Remarks

June 9, 2021

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