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:
" 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
" If you want to invite a friend or colleague, the sponsor sessions are free and awesome to attend. "
Day 3 Welcome
September 25, 2024
" You should absolutely participate in Slack—if you're missing that, you're missing a key part of our conference. "
Day 2 Welcome
September 24, 2024
" 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
" AI is a great tool for drafting and summarizing, but you have to keep your unique voice because that’s what differentiates you. "
The Big Question about Resilience: A panel discussion
September 23, 2024
" We can make ourselves and our practice better because of what we’ve learned on our journeys of resilience. "
Theme 1 Intro
September 23, 2024
" Operations is the de-risking activity that creates scalable processes for better outcomes - Theresa. "
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
" Sponsors believe in advancing research, and we wouldn’t be here without them. "
Opening Remarks Day 1
March 25, 2024
" Enterprise is kind of sexy because big, hairy, hard problems of scale and distribution live at the enterprise. "
Welcome
January 8, 2024
" Even though we're virtual, our code of conduct still applies and requires respect and kindness. "
Opening Remarks
January 8, 2024
" Sponsor sessions are completely free and not just a normal sales pitch, they’re very similar to the main programming. "
Opening Remarks
October 4, 2023
" Sponsor sessions do not overlap at all with the main programming. It is 100% fully optional. "
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
" If any of those adjectives do not apply to how you’re feeling right now, we wanna know. "
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
" Today we’re gonna be talking about researchers as organizational change makers. "
Opening Remarks
March 28, 2023
" The world really needs what researchers like you bring to the table. "
Opening Remarks
March 27, 2023
" If you have a question for a speaker, put it in the thread for their talk, not in the general chat. "
Opening Remarks
November 18, 2022
" Our dedicated scribe Shivangi is making sure all the notes are captured so you don't have to worry about it. "
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
" Saying no with intentionality and clear guidelines creates clarity and focus. "
Connecting the Ops: Plenary Panel and Closing Circle
September 9, 2022
" The program page has a time zone selector so everyone can attend sessions on their local time without confusion. "
Opening Remarks
September 9, 2022
" Please read our code of conduct. Every participant should feel safe, included, and welcome. "
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
" Celebrate progress continuously and use OKRs as a learning process to evolve goals and strategies. "
OKRs—Helpful or Harmful?
January 20, 2022
" 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
" Our community would not be what it is without you. "
Opening Remarks
October 1, 2021
" Our industry is new enough that we get to make design ops whatever we want it to be – that’s an incredible opportunity. "
State of DesignOps Panel
October 1, 2021
" Kay Abba is a business and project analyst, UX designer, and project manager who brings multifaceted expertise to our note-taking. "
Opening Remarks
September 30, 2021
" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches; they offer content similar in quality to the main program. "
Opening Remarks
September 29, 2021
" Day three is about keeping people at the center of an expanding enterprise, which is tricky but so important. "
Opening Remarks
June 11, 2021
" Yesterday was a lot of fun, but today is going to be even more fun. "
Opening Remarks
June 10, 2021
" Please read our code of conduct; we want to ensure everyone feels safe and respected in this community. "
Opening Remarks
June 9, 2021