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
" If you want to invite a friend or colleague, the sponsor sessions are free and awesome to attend. "
Day 3 Welcome
September 25, 2024
" David Nicholson is our house scribe, a senior UX designer with a passion for enterprise-scale products. "
Day 2 Welcome
September 24, 2024
" Our curators have been working for months taking presentations from little ideas to something big that advances design ops as practice. "
Day 1 Welcome
September 23, 2024
" When I think about resilience, I think about flexibility, like trees that bend in strong winds instead of breaking — that starts with mindset and communication. "
The Big Question about Resilience: A panel discussion
September 23, 2024
" Resilience means the capacity to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties or toughness. "
Theme 1 Intro
September 23, 2024
" Operations is the de-risking activity that creates scalable processes for better outcomes - Theresa. "
Charting the future of DesignOps: A community workshop
April 18, 2024
" There’s no need to take any notes, because we have sketch notes, session notes, recordings available on Rosenfeld Media website. "
Opening Remarks Day 2
March 26, 2024
" Our speakers prepare and prepare and prepare — they have a dark board with my face on it because they’re so sick of hearing from us. "
Opening Remarks Day 1
March 25, 2024
" Learning is a marathon, not a sprint, especially in the context of online conferences. "
Welcome
January 8, 2024
" You don’t have to take notes because we have an incredible note taker capturing everything. "
Opening Remarks
January 8, 2024
" If you have a question for one of the speakers, put it in the specific thread associated with the talk or it will get lost. "
Opening Remarks
October 4, 2023
" If you have any questions for the speakers, you really need to put your question in the thread specific to the talk. "
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
" Please post your questions in the thread associated with each presentation so we can see and address them. "
Opening Remarks
October 2, 2023
" We’re obligated to treat each other with kindness and respect. "
Opening Remarks
March 29, 2023
" 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
" Slack is where the real party is happening for this conference. "
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
" If you ever feel unsafe in our virtual community, we want to know about it so we can provide support. "
Opening Remarks
November 16, 2022
" It’s not just about design; build relationships with HR, product management, sales, and more. "
Connecting the Ops: Plenary Panel and Closing Circle
September 9, 2022
" We could not have this conference without you all — the curation team relies heavily on audience participation. "
Opening Remarks
September 9, 2022
" The theme is clarity. But really I’m gonna say the theme is you — the 613 people from all over the planet. "
Welcome
September 8, 2022
" The community of practitioners is the way we carry each other through difficult moments. "
Theme Two Intro
September 8, 2022
" When teams are connected to real strategic missions and own their key results, OKRs become positive. "
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 want to take advantage of asking speakers questions and having discussions, join our Slack. "
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
" There are no overlaps between sponsor content and main programming, so you never have to choose what to attend. "
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
" Sponsor sessions are completely free, and you can invite anyone you want to those. "
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
" Without your research, feedback, and engagement, we would never have pulled together such a diverse slate of speakers. "
Opening Remarks
June 9, 2021