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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" Designers need to help users recognize when AI is wrong and what to do about it - Christopher. "

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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" Sponsor sessions are optional but incredibly high quality content, not sales pitches. "

Day 2 Welcome

September 24, 2024

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" Please put your questions in the Slack thread associated with the talk, not just the general channel, or they’ll get lost. "

Day 1 Welcome

September 23, 2024

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" 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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" 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 should coordinate initiatives, measure impact, and advocate for designer happiness as a business metric - Peter Bosma. "

Charting the future of DesignOps: A community workshop

April 18, 2024

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" You will have full copies of everything that you experienced today and all the questions. "

Opening Remarks Day 2

March 26, 2024

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" We want you to have a great time and feel good about being here — if anything is preventing that, let us know. "

Opening Remarks Day 1

March 25, 2024

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" We'll have a centralized Slack channel for all discussion to come together as one community. "

Welcome

January 8, 2024

Bria Alexander

" The primary way to convene with other attendees is through our Slack channel. "

Opening Remarks

January 8, 2024

Bria Alexander

" We are obligated to treat each other with kindness and respect, even though we’re a virtual community. "

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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" All three themes and all speakers you’ll hear came together through inclusive collaboration and insightful perspectives. "

Theme Two Intro

October 3, 2023

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" Manuel Herrera is here to take the burden of note-taking off us, so you can focus on the moment. "

Opening Remarks

October 2, 2023

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

Opening Remarks

March 29, 2023

Bria Alexander

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

Opening Remarks

March 28, 2023

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" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches. They offer really high content very similar to the main conference. "

Opening Remarks

March 27, 2023

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" Because this is virtual, we have a digital swag bag with goodies you can access via QR code or URL. "

Opening Remarks

November 18, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Even though we are virtual, we are still community and must treat each other with kindness and respect. "

Opening Remarks

November 17, 2022

Bria Alexander

" We are still a community even though we are virtual and are obliged to treat each other with kindness and respect. "

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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" Please keep your questions within the speaker’s thread so we don’t lose track of them in the busy chat. "

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 community of practitioners is the way we carry each other through difficult moments. "

Theme Two Intro

September 8, 2022

Bria Alexander

" An OKR coach told us to think of OKRs like a health panel at a physical—you have KPIs for status and OKRs for change targets. "

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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" The most highly rated part of the conference every year are the facilitators making the cohorts sing. "

Opening Remarks

October 1, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Design ops job descriptions change every three to six months depending on the company’s needs. "

State of DesignOps Panel

October 1, 2021

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" You do not need to take any notes, we have dedicated note takers who provide session notes, resource lists, decks, and videos. "

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

Bria Alexander

" 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

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

Opening Remarks

June 10, 2021

Bria Alexander

" If you have trouble logging in or streaming, please go to hashtag DAS help in Slack for support. "

Opening Remarks

June 9, 2021

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