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:
" 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
" Sponsor sessions are optional but incredibly high content and not sales pitches. "
Day 3 Welcome
September 25, 2024
" Sponsor sessions are optional but incredibly high quality content, not sales pitches. "
Day 2 Welcome
September 24, 2024
" Manuel Herrera, our sketch noter, has contributed wonderfully to visually capturing the spirit and content of the conference. "
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
" We can make ourselves and our practice better because of what we’ve learned on our journeys of resilience. "
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 [email protected]. "
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
" We made a very intentional choice to build in five minute breaks after every talk based on feedback and experience. "
Welcome
January 8, 2024
" Our sponsors offer sessions with no sales pitches, just incredibly high-quality content. "
Opening Remarks
January 8, 2024
" If you feel uncomfortable or bullied, it is so important that you know you can reach out for help. "
Opening Remarks
October 4, 2023
" Slack is a huge part of how we are going to be engaging in today’s conference. "
Opening Remarks
October 3, 2023
" Documentation your team will actually use, how to define and maintain a design ops roadmap, AI as a design partner. "
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
" If you feel uncomfortable or unsafe engaging in this community, we want to know about it. "
Opening Remarks
March 29, 2023
" You can invite anyone in your family to attend the sponsor sessions for free even if they’re not registered. "
Opening Remarks
March 28, 2023
" The world really needs what researchers like you bring to the table. "
Opening Remarks
March 27, 2023
" 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
" If you want to avoid time zone confusion, you can switch the conference schedule to your local time on the program page. "
Opening Remarks
November 17, 2022
" You will come away from this conference with so many artifacts from these talks you won’t miss anything. "
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 program page has a time zone selector so everyone can attend sessions on their local time without confusion. "
Opening Remarks
September 9, 2022
" The conference is your annual opportunity to get to know each other and to step back together and amplify the power of design. "
Welcome
September 8, 2022
" You’re going to get the importance of empathy to the bottom line. "
Theme Two Intro
September 8, 2022
" OKRs help highlight intentions to leadership and open up conversations that generate alignment and support. "
OKRs—Helpful or Harmful?
January 20, 2022
" Future-facing regulatory structures can avoid post-traumatic innovation by anticipating technology’s social impacts. "
Reflect and Chart Forward
December 10, 2021
" If you ever feel unsafe or threatened, please let us know in the #do-help channel. "
Opening Remarks
October 1, 2021
" 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
" You do not need to take any notes, we have dedicated note takers who provide session notes, resource lists, decks, and videos. "
Opening Remarks
September 30, 2021
" Technical difficulties happen, so please use hashtag.deo help within our Slack channel or email for support. "
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
" Please be nice, respect each other, and carry yourself as if you were at your day job. "
Opening Remarks
June 10, 2021
" Our digital swag bag is free to all registered attendees and packed with awesome sponsor offers. "
Opening Remarks
June 9, 2021