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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:

Bria Alexander

" We’re seeing these agents trying to represent ourselves online in ways we’ve never seen before - Bria. "

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

June 10, 2025

Bria Alexander

" We talked all about resilience, curated by myself yesterday. "

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

Bria Alexander

" 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

Bria Alexander

" Feedback is data, not personal — once you view it that way, it feels less like criticism and more like improvement information. "

The Big Question about Resilience: A panel discussion

September 23, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Resilience is about more than surviving; it’s about growth in our practice and relationships. "

Theme 1 Intro

September 23, 2024

Bria Alexander

" 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

Bria Alexander

" If these two voices don’t work for you, you can reach out at conferences@rosenfeldmedia.com. "

Opening Remarks Day 2

March 26, 2024

Bria Alexander

" This is a conference where you can stand up and people will see you do that — which we haven’t had in the past. "

Opening Remarks Day 1

March 25, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Enterprise is kind of sexy because big, hairy, hard problems of scale and distribution live at the enterprise. "

Welcome

January 8, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Our sponsors offer sessions with no sales pitches, just incredibly high-quality content. "

Opening Remarks

January 8, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Sponsors make this conference possible, and we genuinely thank you from the bottom of our hearts. "

Opening Remarks

October 4, 2023

Bria Alexander

" You don’t have to take notes; session videos and decks will be shared as soon as possible. "

Opening Remarks

October 3, 2023

Bria Alexander

" Practical ops is about getting stuff done because it’s our job to scale the organizational ability to design and amplify the work of designers. "

Theme Two Intro

October 3, 2023

Bria Alexander

" If any of those adjectives do not apply to how you’re feeling right now, we wanna know. "

Opening Remarks

October 2, 2023

Bria Alexander

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

Opening Remarks

March 29, 2023

Bria Alexander

" Today we’re gonna be talking about researchers as organizational change makers. "

Opening Remarks

March 28, 2023

Bria Alexander

" You will not be missing out on much if you don’t snag the digital swag bag. "

Opening Remarks

March 27, 2023

Bria Alexander

" Slack has over 650 people actively talking and sharing experiences right now. "

Opening Remarks

November 18, 2022

Bria Alexander

" You can access the digital swag bag by scanning the QR code or visiting fld.me/cd2022 for cool sponsor offers. "

Opening Remarks

November 17, 2022

Bria Alexander

" I didn’t say conference because this is really a highly polished snapshot of a conversation this community is having. "

Opening Remarks

November 16, 2022

Bria Alexander

" I’m still early on in measuring accessibility impact but tying early bug fixes to ROI is promising. "

Connecting the Ops: Plenary Panel and Closing Circle

September 9, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Take advantage of the digital swag bag — it’s our way of replicating in-person perks in a virtual world. "

Opening Remarks

September 9, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Please read our code of conduct. Every participant should feel safe, included, and welcome. "

Welcome

September 8, 2022

Bria Alexander

" The waters of operations can feel incredibly murky and the path forward may not always be clear. "

Theme Two Intro

September 8, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Accessibility is a great example where OKRs can unify multiple product and design teams to a non-negotiable standard. "

OKRs—Helpful or Harmful?

January 20, 2022

Bria Alexander

" 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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" If you want to take advantage of asking speakers questions and having discussions, join our Slack. "

Opening Remarks

October 1, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Knowing your boundaries and skills lets you focus influence into meaningful outcomes rather than spreading too thin. "

State of DesignOps Panel

October 1, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Sponsor sessions are free for anyone, whether you paid to attend or not, so invite your coworkers, friends, and family. "

Opening Remarks

September 30, 2021

Bria Alexander

" 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

Bria Alexander

" If you’re not in Slack, you’re missing out on the party. "

Opening Remarks

June 11, 2021

Bria Alexander

" We have many breaks, and sponsor sessions usually take place during those. "

Opening Remarks

June 10, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Without your research, feedback, and engagement, we would never have pulled together such a diverse slate of speakers. "

Opening Remarks

June 9, 2021

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