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:
" These free models flounder, but high-end enterprise models are more accurate and context-aware - Brittany. "
Day 1 Panel: Up to the Minute: The latest in AI’s impact on UX
June 10, 2025
" If you want to invite a friend or colleague, the sponsor sessions are free and awesome to attend. "
Day 3 Welcome
September 25, 2024
" We want you to feel included and be able to take advantage of the awesome content and speaker efforts. "
Day 2 Welcome
September 24, 2024
" You can change the conference time zone to your local time zone in the upper right corner so there’s no confusion about start times. "
Day 1 Welcome
September 23, 2024
" It’s energy management, not time management — listen to yourself rather than comparing your output to others. "
The Big Question about Resilience: A panel discussion
September 23, 2024
" Resilience is about more than surviving; it’s about growth in our practice and relationships. "
Theme 1 Intro
September 23, 2024
" Design ops is still defining its service offering and must articulate value both internally and to business partners - Zi. "
Charting the future of DesignOps: A community workshop
April 18, 2024
" We have the entire Rosenfeld Media staff on hand to support you throughout this conference. "
Opening Remarks Day 2
March 26, 2024
" We literally want to advance this field by creating space for really good professional conversations to happen. "
Opening Remarks Day 1
March 25, 2024
" Enterprise is kind of sexy because big, hairy, hard problems of scale and distribution live at the enterprise. "
Welcome
January 8, 2024
" Our sponsors offer sessions with no sales pitches, just incredibly high-quality content. "
Opening Remarks
January 8, 2024
" Design Ops plus — what does that mean? You’ll find out very shortly. "
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
" I often find myself wondering what I really gained from time away from my desk beyond swag and catching up with colleagues. "
Theme Two Intro
October 3, 2023
" Try to walk away from this conference with at least one new design ops buddy. "
Opening Remarks
October 2, 2023
" 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
" We could not do this conference without our incredible sponsors who spend a lot of effort thinking about ways to enrich our programming. "
Opening Remarks
March 28, 2023
" Bria is the bringer of dad jokes and the glue of the conference. "
Opening Remarks
March 27, 2023
" If you have a question for a speaker, put it in the thread for their talk, not in the general chat. "
Opening Remarks
November 18, 2022
" There is no need for you to take notes because session notes, videos, and decks will be shared as soon as possible. "
Opening Remarks
November 17, 2022
" 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
" You gotta write that charter to get clarity with your team. "
Connecting the Ops: Plenary Panel and Closing Circle
September 9, 2022
" 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
" It seemed just like yesterday that I was talking with Dave Malouf. He dropped that term design ops on me. "
Welcome
September 8, 2022
" Through the expertise of our speakers and your engagement, we forge the future of our industry. "
Theme Two Intro
September 8, 2022
" 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
" How do we know how to evaluate radical participatory design? Has there been a sustained shift in power? "
Reflect and Chart Forward
December 10, 2021
" Our community would not be what it is without you. "
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
" Sponsors make this conference possible, without them we wouldn't be here talking about some incredibly interesting things. "
Opening Remarks
September 30, 2021
" There’s no need to take notes; we’ve got session notes, sketch notes, and a resource list all provided. "
Opening Remarks
September 29, 2021
" If you’re not in Slack, you’re missing out on the party. "
Opening Remarks
June 11, 2021
" All of this content would not have been possible without your support and your feedback. "
Opening Remarks
June 10, 2021
" We have 11 cohorts and 130 people participating in this week’s conference for small group discussions. "
Opening Remarks
June 9, 2021