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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:

Bria Alexander

" There’s a big discrepancy between accessible consumer AI and what deep research-driven AI can do - Brittany. "

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

June 10, 2025

Bria Alexander

" We talked all about resilience, curated by myself yesterday. "

Day 3 Welcome

September 25, 2024

Bria Alexander

" 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

Bria Alexander

" We have got you covered with sketch notes, resource lists, session notes, videos, and decks all shared ASAP after presentations. "

Day 1 Welcome

September 23, 2024

Bria Alexander

" When I think about resilience, I think about flexibility, like trees that bend in strong winds instead of breaking — that starts with mindset and communication. "

The Big Question about Resilience: A panel discussion

September 23, 2024

Bria Alexander

" 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

Bria Alexander

" 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

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

Opening Remarks Day 2

March 26, 2024

Bria Alexander

" Sponsors believe in advancing research, and we wouldn’t be here without them. "

Opening Remarks Day 1

March 25, 2024

Bria Alexander

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

Welcome

January 8, 2024

Bria Alexander

" There is no overlap between the main program sessions and sponsor sessions. "

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

Bria Alexander

" 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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" Practical ops is about getting stuff done because it’s our job to scale the organizational ability to design and amplify the work of designers. "

Theme Two Intro

October 3, 2023

Bria Alexander

" If any of those adjectives do not apply to how you’re feeling right now, we wanna know. "

Opening Remarks

October 2, 2023

Bria Alexander

" We’re obligated to treat each other with kindness and respect. "

Opening Remarks

March 29, 2023

Bria Alexander

" Slack is the way you ask questions to the speakers, and it’s where most of the community interaction happens. "

Opening Remarks

March 28, 2023

Bria Alexander

" Researchers have really taken it on the chin during this latest economic downturn. "

Opening Remarks

March 27, 2023

Bria Alexander

" Please read our code of conduct — even though we’re virtual, we are a community obligated to kindness and respect. "

Opening Remarks

November 18, 2022

Bria Alexander

" If you are a cohort participant and don’t see your private Slack channel, please let us know so we can guide you. "

Opening Remarks

November 17, 2022

Bria Alexander

" I didn’t say conference because this is really a highly polished snapshot of a conversation this community is having. "

Opening Remarks

November 16, 2022

Bria Alexander

" It’s not just about design; build relationships with HR, product management, sales, and more. "

Connecting the Ops: Plenary Panel and Closing Circle

September 9, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches; they are content-rich and free to anyone who wants to attend. "

Opening Remarks

September 9, 2022

Bria Alexander

" The conference is your annual opportunity to get to know each other and to step back together and amplify the power of design. "

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

" Accessibility is a great example where OKRs can unify multiple product and design teams to a non-negotiable standard. "

OKRs—Helpful or Harmful?

January 20, 2022

Bria Alexander

" Future-facing regulatory structures can avoid post-traumatic innovation by anticipating technology’s social impacts. "

Reflect and Chart Forward

December 10, 2021

Bria Alexander

" 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

" If you have any tech issues or need customer support, #deogenerall.help is here to assist you throughout the conference. "

Opening Remarks

September 30, 2021

Bria Alexander

" Our first day’s theme is around establishing and growing design operations. "

Opening Remarks

September 29, 2021

Bria Alexander

" You are the reason why we are able to have such high quality programming that we do have at this conference this week. "

Opening Remarks

June 11, 2021

Bria Alexander

" If you want to take notes during this presentation, there’s really no need — we’ve got you covered. "

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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