Rosenverse

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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" The next generation is going to be AI native, digitally literate with these tools almost from birth - Brittany. "

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

June 10, 2025

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" We are obligated to treat each other with kindness and respect as part of this virtual community. "

Day 3 Welcome

September 25, 2024

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" We want you to feel included and be able to take advantage of the awesome content and speaker efforts. "

Day 2 Welcome

September 24, 2024

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" 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

Bria Alexander

" Supporting different ways people prefer to engage—like asynchronous workshops or prep time—helps introverts and extroverts contribute equally. "

The Big Question about Resilience: A panel discussion

September 23, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Resilience means the capacity to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties or toughness. "

Theme 1 Intro

September 23, 2024

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" Design ops is like when everything's working well, nobody notices it; when things break down, everyone misses it - Theresa citing Camden Moore. "

Charting the future of DesignOps: A community workshop

April 18, 2024

Bria Alexander

" 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

Bria Alexander

" The virtual social event tonight is Cozy Juicy Reel, a fun board game our virtual attendees always love. "

Opening Remarks Day 1

March 25, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Sponsor sessions may require registration by email to prevent Zoom bombings and protect session integrity. "

Welcome

January 8, 2024

Bria Alexander

" All speakers will be present in the #ARgeneral Slack channel to answer your questions. "

Opening Remarks

January 8, 2024

Bria Alexander

" 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

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" 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

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" 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

Bria Alexander

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches but offer incredibly high quality content, and they’re free for everyone. "

Opening Remarks

October 2, 2023

Bria Alexander

" Please be sure to make sure you change your conference itinerary to your local time zone. "

Opening Remarks

March 29, 2023

Bria Alexander

" Please respect our code of conduct to ensure a welcoming and safe space for all attendees. "

Opening Remarks

March 28, 2023

Bria Alexander

" Slack is where the real party is happening for this conference. "

Opening Remarks

March 27, 2023

Bria Alexander

" Louisa Scholar saves us a lot of work by curating the Civic Design library and digital benefits hub. "

Opening Remarks

November 18, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Please put your questions inside the thread specific to the talk so we can keep everything organized. "

Opening Remarks

November 17, 2022

Bria Alexander

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

Opening Remarks

November 16, 2022

Bria Alexander

" You gotta write that charter to get clarity with your team. "

Connecting the Ops: Plenary Panel and Closing Circle

September 9, 2022

Bria Alexander

" The program page has a time zone selector so everyone can attend sessions on their local time without confusion. "

Opening Remarks

September 9, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches. They offer incredibly high-quality content and are free to anyone to attend. "

Welcome

September 8, 2022

Bria Alexander

" I am so incredibly proud of Dante, Courtney, Olney, and Gonzalo for their care and effort in the curation process. "

Theme Two Intro

September 8, 2022

Bria Alexander

" OKRs can sometimes suck the oxygen out of the room if they focus only on bottom-line results, missing process and experience. "

OKRs—Helpful or Harmful?

January 20, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Working on a different word than empower: People already have power, we have to respect it. "

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

Bria Alexander

" If you have more ops people than designers, you risk chaos and underappreciation of what ops actually delivers. "

State of DesignOps Panel

October 1, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Check out our digital swag bag for some awesome offers from our sponsors – it's like free t-shirts and sweaters but digital. "

Opening Remarks

September 30, 2021

Bria Alexander

" The cohort experience is one of the highest rated things because you get to meet new people from different companies. "

Opening Remarks

September 29, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Man, oh man, what an incredible few days of learning and of the community that we have all had the opportunity to discover at Design at Scale. "

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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