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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:

Bria Alexander

" AI is not really doing anything better than humans yet; it’s just faster and more efficient - Bria. "

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

June 10, 2025

Bria Alexander

" We are back and we are right on time. Eight o'clock on the dot. "

Day 3 Welcome

September 25, 2024

Bria Alexander

" You should absolutely participate in Slack—if you're missing that, you're missing a key part of our conference. "

Day 2 Welcome

September 24, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Our curators have been working for months taking presentations from little ideas to something big that advances design ops as practice. "

Day 1 Welcome

September 23, 2024

Bria Alexander

" 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

Bria Alexander

" Co-creating operating models with our teams helps us remain resilient even when things get a little hairy and squirrely. "

Theme 1 Intro

September 23, 2024

Bria Alexander

" The pressure in design ops is often delivery-first mindset instead of quality and strategic impact - Dave Malu. "

Charting the future of DesignOps: A community workshop

April 18, 2024

Bria Alexander

" If you have questions for the speakers, put them in Slack under the associated thread. "

Opening Remarks Day 2

March 26, 2024

Bria Alexander

" 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

" We made a very intentional choice to build in five minute breaks after every talk based on feedback and experience. "

Welcome

January 8, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Today's theme around researchers thriving in the organization is led by Steve Portico. "

Opening Remarks

January 8, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Sponsors make this conference possible, and we genuinely thank you from the bottom of our hearts. "

Opening Remarks

October 4, 2023

Bria Alexander

" A little color purple to start the day. Good morning. "

Opening Remarks

October 3, 2023

Bria Alexander

" All three themes and all speakers you’ll hear came together through inclusive collaboration and insightful perspectives. "

Theme Two Intro

October 3, 2023

Bria Alexander

" By showing up, you’re doing so not just for yourselves, but for everyone else that’s here. "

Opening Remarks

October 2, 2023

Bria Alexander

" Please be sure to make sure you change your conference itinerary to your local time zone. "

Opening Remarks

March 29, 2023

Bria Alexander

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches, they’re incredibly high quality and free to attend. "

Opening Remarks

March 28, 2023

Bria Alexander

" This is absolutely not the time for us to be throwing our hands up in the air and giving up on Research. "

Opening Remarks

March 27, 2023

Bria Alexander

" You don’t want to miss out on the sponsor sessions — they’re free and high quality, not sales pitches. "

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

" We are still a community even though we are virtual and are obliged to treat each other with kindness and respect. "

Opening Remarks

November 16, 2022

Bria Alexander

" It’s not just about design; build relationships with HR, product management, sales, and more. "

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

" The theme is clarity. But really I’m gonna say the theme is you — the 613 people from all over the planet. "

Welcome

September 8, 2022

Bria Alexander

" I am so incredibly proud of Dante, Courtney, Olney, and Gonzalo for their care and effort in the curation process. "

Theme Two Intro

September 8, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Junior engineers often resent having to create OKRs that feel disconnected from their day-to-day work. "

OKRs—Helpful or Harmful?

January 20, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Being a positive deviant means confronting challenges with limited resources but innovative, community-based approaches. "

Reflect and Chart Forward

December 10, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches; they are super similar to the quality of the main conference session. "

Opening Remarks

October 1, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Design ops has an opportunity to inject human-centeredness into product development to balance business and customer value. "

State of DesignOps Panel

October 1, 2021

Bria Alexander

" All session notes and resources will be available within the hour, so you can just relax and absorb the content. "

Opening Remarks

September 30, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches; they offer content similar in quality to the main program. "

Opening Remarks

September 29, 2021

Bria Alexander

" We have some truly phenomenal sketch notebooks, so you don’t have to worry about taking any notes on your own. "

Opening Remarks

June 11, 2021

Bria Alexander

" All of this content would not have been possible without your support and your feedback. "

Opening Remarks

June 10, 2021

Bria Alexander

" You don’t need to take notes; Rosenfeld media has sketch note makers creating creative and interactive notes for each talk. "

Opening Remarks

June 9, 2021

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