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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:

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" Netflix using AI-generated ads is a low-risk testbed but raises ethical questions - Lauren. "

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

June 10, 2025

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" If you want to invite a friend or colleague, the sponsor sessions are free and awesome to attend. "

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

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" 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

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" AI is a great tool for drafting and summarizing, but you have to keep your unique voice because that’s what differentiates you. "

The Big Question about Resilience: A panel discussion

September 23, 2024

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" Optimization and using Slack a little better can make us gentler to each other. "

Theme 1 Intro

September 23, 2024

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" 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

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" Everyone's sitting on the aisle, your right, my left — you gotta scoot over like two seats. "

Opening Remarks Day 2

March 26, 2024

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" We’ve got you covered with notes, sketch notes, slides, and recordings so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. "

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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" The primary way to convene with other attendees is through our Slack channel. "

Opening Remarks

January 8, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Design Ops plus — what does that mean? You’ll find out very shortly. "

Opening Remarks

October 4, 2023

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" Sponsor sessions do not overlap at all with the main programming. It is 100% fully optional. "

Opening Remarks

October 3, 2023

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" This day is focused on me, my job and my specific day-to-day challenges, not on some invisible finish line or senior title. "

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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" We are on our third and final day of Advancing Research 2023. "

Opening Remarks

March 29, 2023

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" 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

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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

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

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" 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

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" Cohorts are consistently one of the highest rated parts of the conference — they’re a fantastic way to learn together. "

Opening Remarks

September 9, 2022

Bria Alexander

" MJ Broadbent’s sketchnotes are absolutely outstanding. You really do not have to take notes yourself. "

Welcome

September 8, 2022

Bria Alexander

" We help each other, support each other, and guide each other through murky and unclear times. "

Theme Two Intro

September 8, 2022

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" When teams are connected to real strategic missions and own their key results, OKRs become positive. "

OKRs—Helpful or Harmful?

January 20, 2022

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" Everyone, both speakers and participants, understood the assignment of civic design from day one. "

Reflect and Chart Forward

December 10, 2021

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" 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

" Design ops job descriptions change every three to six months depending on the company’s needs. "

State of DesignOps Panel

October 1, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Kay Abba is a business and project analyst, UX designer, and project manager who brings multifaceted expertise to our note-taking. "

Opening Remarks

September 30, 2021

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

Opening Remarks

September 29, 2021

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" 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

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

Opening Remarks

June 10, 2021

Bria Alexander

" The official conference time zone is Pacific Standard Time, but you can change it to your own time zone at designatskill.com. "

Opening Remarks

June 9, 2021

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