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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" 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

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

Day 3 Welcome

September 25, 2024

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" Please put your questions inside of the thread associated with the talk. "

Day 2 Welcome

September 24, 2024

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" Please put your questions in the Slack thread associated with the talk, not just the general channel, or they’ll get lost. "

Day 1 Welcome

September 23, 2024

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" Always approach from a place of kindness and think about the experience you want people to have as the water that keeps trees bendable. "

The Big Question about Resilience: A panel discussion

September 23, 2024

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" The stories you’re gonna hear today really reflect the world we live in, design operations, and resilience. "

Theme 1 Intro

September 23, 2024

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" If design ops only serves designers, it risks silos; instead it must apply design thinking across R&D and product teams - Patrizia. "

Charting the future of DesignOps: A community workshop

April 18, 2024

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" You will have full copies of everything that you experienced today and all the questions. "

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

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" We'll have a centralized Slack channel for all discussion to come together as one community. "

Welcome

January 8, 2024

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" You can change the time zone on Rosenfeld Media’s website to reflect your local time. "

Opening Remarks

January 8, 2024

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" We are on our third and final day of Design Ops 2023. "

Opening Remarks

October 4, 2023

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" You don’t have to take notes; session videos and decks will be shared as soon as possible. "

Opening Remarks

October 3, 2023

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" Practical ops is about getting stuff done because it’s our job to scale the organizational ability to design and amplify the work of designers. "

Theme Two Intro

October 3, 2023

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" We want the Rosenfeld community, both in person and virtual, to feel as loving, supportive, and informative as possible. "

Opening Remarks

October 2, 2023

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" Lauren Cantor keeps all those links and other resources so we don’t have to be googling while listening. "

Opening Remarks

March 29, 2023

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" 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

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" 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

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" Please read our code of conduct — even though we’re virtual, we are a community obligated to kindness and respect. "

Opening Remarks

November 18, 2022

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" If you are a cohort participant and don’t see your private Slack channel, please let us know so we can guide you. "

Opening Remarks

November 17, 2022

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" You will come away from this conference with so many artifacts from these talks you won’t miss anything. "

Opening Remarks

November 16, 2022

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" Just because empathy isn’t always visible at the top doesn’t mean you can’t be the change. "

Connecting the Ops: Plenary Panel and Closing Circle

September 9, 2022

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" 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

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches. They offer incredibly high-quality content and are free to anyone to attend. "

Welcome

September 8, 2022

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

Theme Two Intro

September 8, 2022

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" It's okay to try and mess up your OKRs in the first few quarters and learn from it. "

OKRs—Helpful or Harmful?

January 20, 2022

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

Reflect and Chart Forward

December 10, 2021

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" The most highly rated part of the conference every year are the facilitators making the cohorts sing. "

Opening Remarks

October 1, 2021

Bria Alexander

" People are re-evaluating their lives and careers, which inspired me to start a podcast exploring these shifts. "

State of DesignOps Panel

October 1, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Sponsor sessions are free for anyone, whether you paid to attend or not, so invite your coworkers, friends, and family. "

Opening Remarks

September 30, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Check out our digital swag bag—our sponsors put a lot of effort into making compelling offers for all of you here today. "

Opening Remarks

September 29, 2021

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" Day three is about keeping people at the center of an expanding enterprise, which is tricky but so important. "

Opening Remarks

June 11, 2021

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" 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

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" Without your research, feedback, and engagement, we would never have pulled together such a diverse slate of speakers. "

Opening Remarks

June 9, 2021

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