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

Bria Alexander

" No need to take notes — session notes, sketch notes, resources, videos and decks will be shared after presentations. "

Day 3 Welcome

September 25, 2024

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" Please put your questions inside of the thread associated with the talk. "

Day 2 Welcome

September 24, 2024

Bria Alexander

" You can change the conference time zone to your local time zone in the upper right corner so there’s no confusion about start times. "

Day 1 Welcome

September 23, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Our behavior is implicit messaging; we need both explicit and implicit signals to support resilience on teams. "

The Big Question about Resilience: A panel discussion

September 23, 2024

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" Corey’s story of resilience during his 2023 to 2024 job search ends well because we accepted his offer at Adobe. "

Theme 1 Intro

September 23, 2024

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" 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

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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

Bria Alexander

" Please stand up and hold each other’s hands, and on three, raise them high and shout Yeah so virtual can hear you. "

Opening Remarks Day 1

March 25, 2024

Bria Alexander

" We are obligated to treat each other with kindness and respect; this is a safe and inclusive space. "

Welcome

January 8, 2024

Bria Alexander

" We have at least 10 minutes of breaks between each session so you can take in everything. "

Opening Remarks

January 8, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Huge shout out to Lauren Cantor, our house librarian, for her wonderful contributions. "

Opening Remarks

October 4, 2023

Bria Alexander

" Slack is a huge part of how we are going to be engaging in today’s conference. "

Opening Remarks

October 3, 2023

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" It’s about us, the design ops practitioners, and what we need today to be better at our jobs. "

Theme Two Intro

October 3, 2023

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" This is a design ops summit. You’re with your people, we get you and we all want you to do well. "

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

Bria Alexander

" The official conference time zone is Pacific Daylight Time, but you can adjust it based on where you are. "

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

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

Opening Remarks

November 18, 2022

Bria Alexander

" 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

Bria Alexander

" Sponsor sessions are free, not sales pitches, and do not overlap with the main program so anyone can attend. "

Opening Remarks

November 16, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Go meet someone new at this conference and set up a coffee chat next week. "

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

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

Welcome

September 8, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Each of these speakers shares career defining experiences scaling design organizations large and small. "

Theme Two Intro

September 8, 2022

Bria Alexander

" 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

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" The future of civic design will be localized, designed for and by communities rather than dictated top-down. "

Reflect and Chart Forward

December 10, 2021

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" We have over a thousand members in the #do-general Slack channel, and that’s where the party is at. "

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

" Technical difficulties happen, so please use hashtag.deo help within our Slack channel or email for support. "

Opening Remarks

September 29, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Day three is about keeping people at the center of an expanding enterprise, which is tricky but so important. "

Opening Remarks

June 11, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Our cohort facilitation sessions are one of the best parts of this conference. "

Opening Remarks

June 10, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Day one is all about ensuring craft on a massive scale, led by Uday Gahender. "

Opening Remarks

June 9, 2021

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