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:
" There’s a big discrepancy between accessible consumer AI and what deep research-driven AI can do - Brittany. "
Day 1 Panel: Up to the Minute: The latest in AI’s impact on UX
June 10, 2025
" We are back and we are right on time. Eight o'clock on the dot. "
Day 3 Welcome
September 25, 2024
" 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
" We have got you covered with sketch notes, resource lists, session notes, videos, and decks all shared ASAP after presentations. "
Day 1 Welcome
September 23, 2024
" What if we had AI teammates who were on every call and could help moderate, recap, and track time? That future is likely. "
The Big Question about Resilience: A panel discussion
September 23, 2024
" 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
" 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
" If these two voices don’t work for you, you can reach out at conferences@rosenfeldmedia.com. "
Opening Remarks Day 2
March 26, 2024
" We want you to have a great time and feel good about being here — if anything is preventing that, let us know. "
Opening Remarks Day 1
March 25, 2024
" We'll have a centralized Slack channel for all discussion to come together as one community. "
Welcome
January 8, 2024
" You can change the time zone on Rosenfeld Media’s website to reflect your local time. "
Opening Remarks
January 8, 2024
" Please put your dropdown or your personal agenda in your local time zone so there’s no ambiguity. "
Opening Remarks
October 4, 2023
" You can also reach us quickly by going to help-desk-customer-service for any tech or support issues. "
Opening Remarks
October 3, 2023
" Every talk you hear today couldn’t get more personal to our community. "
Theme Two Intro
October 3, 2023
" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches but offer incredibly high quality content, and they’re free for everyone. "
Opening Remarks
October 2, 2023
" Cohorts are a super duper fun way to engage with more of our community. "
Opening Remarks
March 29, 2023
" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches, they’re incredibly high quality and free to attend. "
Opening Remarks
March 28, 2023
" MJ Broadband saves our fingers some pain and some stress because we don’t have to take notes. "
Opening Remarks
March 27, 2023
" Adjust your conference time zone setting depending on where you are to avoid confusion. "
Opening Remarks
November 18, 2022
" Sponsor sessions are completely free and offer content just as valuable as the main program sessions. "
Opening Remarks
November 17, 2022
" Civic design is relatively new and spans all kinds of government agencies from federal and national down to tribal and local. "
Opening Remarks
November 16, 2022
" Don't reinvent the wheel all the time; build on top of what others have built. "
Connecting the Ops: Plenary Panel and Closing Circle
September 9, 2022
" Please keep your questions within the speaker’s thread so we don’t lose track of them in the busy chat. "
Opening Remarks
September 9, 2022
" There’s no need to take notes. All session materials and videos will be shared quickly after presentations. "
Welcome
September 8, 2022
" The community of practitioners is the way we carry each other through difficult moments. "
Theme Two Intro
September 8, 2022
" Celebrate progress continuously and use OKRs as a learning process to evolve goals and strategies. "
OKRs—Helpful or Harmful?
January 20, 2022
" Our job as civic designers is to bring government needs and community needs into alignment. "
Reflect and Chart Forward
December 10, 2021
" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches; they are super similar to the quality of the main conference session. "
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
" If you want to take part in the gifs, laughs, jokes, questions, and links to resources, join us on #deogenerall Slack channel. "
Opening Remarks
September 30, 2021
" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches; they offer content similar in quality to the main program. "
Opening Remarks
September 29, 2021
" The cohorts have been a slam dunk hit in our virtual conferences while we’ve been doing them. "
Opening Remarks
June 11, 2021
" Yesterday was a lot of fun, but today is going to be even more fun. "
Opening Remarks
June 10, 2021
" Please read our code of conduct; we want to ensure everyone feels safe and respected in this community. "
Opening Remarks
June 9, 2021