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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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" These free models flounder, but high-end enterprise models are more accurate and context-aware - Brittany. "

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

June 10, 2025

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" Please put your questions for a specific speaker in the associated thread for the talk. "

Day 3 Welcome

September 25, 2024

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" Sometimes resources are available as soon as an hour or 30 minutes after the talk, like the team is working miracles. "

Day 2 Welcome

September 24, 2024

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" Manuel Herrera, our sketch noter, has contributed wonderfully to visually capturing the spirit and content of the conference. "

Day 1 Welcome

September 23, 2024

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" Always approach from a place of kindness and think about the experience you want people to have as the water that keeps trees bendable. "

The Big Question about Resilience: A panel discussion

September 23, 2024

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" 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

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" We need standardized role definitions, not everyone is a manager just because they manage initiatives - Peter Bosma. "

Charting the future of DesignOps: A community workshop

April 18, 2024

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" If you have questions for the speakers, put them in Slack under the associated thread. "

Opening Remarks Day 2

March 26, 2024

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" We literally want to advance this field by creating space for really good professional conversations to happen. "

Opening Remarks Day 1

March 25, 2024

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" The themes this year include transforming century-old industries, startup to enterprise, the outsider’s perspective, and partnering to transform. "

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

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

Opening Remarks

October 4, 2023

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" If you feel uncomfortable or bullied, please let us know because it’s very important to keep the vibes positive. "

Opening Remarks

October 3, 2023

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" Every talk you hear today couldn’t get more personal to our community. "

Theme Two Intro

October 3, 2023

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" Try to walk away from this conference with at least one new design ops buddy. "

Opening Remarks

October 2, 2023

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" Lauren Cantor keeps all those links and other resources so we don’t have to be googling while listening. "

Opening Remarks

March 29, 2023

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" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches, they’re incredibly high quality and free to attend. "

Opening Remarks

March 28, 2023

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" The world really needs what researchers like you bring to the table. "

Opening Remarks

March 27, 2023

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" If you have a question for a speaker, put it in the thread for their talk, not in the general chat. "

Opening Remarks

November 18, 2022

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" 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

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" Join our Slack channels—it’s really where the party is with gifts, jokes, and amazing conversations. "

Opening Remarks

November 16, 2022

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" Just because empathy isn’t always visible at the top doesn’t mean you can’t be the change. "

Connecting the Ops: Plenary Panel and Closing Circle

September 9, 2022

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" The final panel will be grounded in your input from this summit — we want to hear from you in the FigJam link. "

Opening Remarks

September 9, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Slack is the heart and soul of this conference, where the most intimate interactions happen. "

Welcome

September 8, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Scaling design organizations is the theme because in trying times, we need each other's support. "

Theme Two Intro

September 8, 2022

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" Junior engineers often resent having to create OKRs that feel disconnected from their day-to-day work. "

OKRs—Helpful or Harmful?

January 20, 2022

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" We need to slow down decision-making processes so that ethics and systems thinking scale with project scope. "

Reflect and Chart Forward

December 10, 2021

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" This is our third and final day of the design operation Summit 2021. "

Opening Remarks

October 1, 2021

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" Our industry is new enough that we get to make design ops whatever we want it to be – that’s an incredible opportunity. "

State of DesignOps Panel

October 1, 2021

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" 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

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches; they offer content similar in quality to the main program. "

Opening Remarks

September 29, 2021

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" Sponsor sessions are completely free, and you can invite anyone you want to those. "

Opening Remarks

June 11, 2021

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" If you are not on Slack, you are missing out on one of the biggest and most interactive parts of our conference. "

Opening Remarks

June 10, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Sponsor sessions are truly a treat, with no overlaps to the main program and absolutely no sales pitch. "

Opening Remarks

June 9, 2021

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