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:
" 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
" No need to take notes — session notes, sketch notes, resources, videos and decks will be shared after presentations. "
Day 3 Welcome
September 25, 2024
" We are going to have a very cherry day. You get it? Because I’m wearing cherry earrings. "
Day 2 Welcome
September 24, 2024
" This is a great opportunity. This is a gift to yourself to dig in with other design ops peers and really learn together. "
Day 1 Welcome
September 23, 2024
" Managing to outcome, not output, lets people own their way of working and leverages their best strengths. "
The Big Question about Resilience: A panel discussion
September 23, 2024
" Midday panel brings together Corey, Deanna, Laura, and Lane to talk about everything wonderful so far in the day. "
Theme 1 Intro
September 23, 2024
" The answer to what design ops does is always it depends because the field is still emerging - Zi. "
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
" 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
" We are obligated to treat each other with kindness and respect; this is a safe and inclusive space. "
Welcome
January 8, 2024
" Today's theme around researchers thriving in the organization is led by Steve Portico. "
Opening Remarks
January 8, 2024
" We are obligated to treat each other with kindness and respect, even though we’re a virtual community. "
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
" This conference is the opportunity I saw to design an experience that felt personal to our community. "
Theme Two Intro
October 3, 2023
" Please read our code of conduct; it’s on every page of our website and includes ways to get help if needed. "
Opening Remarks
October 2, 2023
" Lauren Cantor keeps all those links and other resources so we don’t have to be googling while listening. "
Opening Remarks
March 29, 2023
" If you feel uncomfortable or see bullying, please let us know. We absolutely do not tolerate it. "
Opening Remarks
March 28, 2023
" Even though we are virtual, we are still a community and obligated to treat each other with respect and kindness. "
Opening Remarks
March 27, 2023
" We have session notes, sketch notes, resource lists, videos, and decks — no need to take notes yourself. "
Opening Remarks
November 18, 2022
" If anything's going wrong on your end, please reach out to help-customer-desk-service in Slack for tech help. "
Opening Remarks
November 17, 2022
" Go out the next three days as being part of this conversation rather than simply sitting back and being a consumer of information. "
Opening Remarks
November 16, 2022
" Your strengths, even if perceived as weaknesses, can be your superpower. "
Connecting the Ops: Plenary Panel and Closing Circle
September 9, 2022
" No need to take notes — our scribe David Nicholson is capturing detailed session notes and insights for you. "
Opening Remarks
September 9, 2022
" MJ Broadbent’s sketchnotes are absolutely outstanding. You really do not have to take notes yourself. "
Welcome
September 8, 2022
" The waters of operations can feel incredibly murky and the path forward may not always be clear. "
Theme Two Intro
September 8, 2022
" OKRs are not one-size-fits-all; you have to shape them based on your organizational context and culture. "
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
" The most highly rated part of the conference every year are the facilitators making the cohorts sing. "
Opening Remarks
October 1, 2021
" Design ops job descriptions change every three to six months depending on the company’s needs. "
State of DesignOps Panel
October 1, 2021
" Cohorts are one of the most highly rated parts of our conferences every single year, you get to meet somebody new from a different company. "
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
" We have some truly phenomenal sketch notebooks, so you don’t have to worry about taking any notes on your own. "
Opening Remarks
June 11, 2021
" Sponsor sessions are incredibly high quality but completely optional; there’s no sales pitch. "
Opening Remarks
June 10, 2021
" You don’t need to take notes; Rosenfeld media has sketch note makers creating creative and interactive notes for each talk. "
Opening Remarks
June 9, 2021