Dan Willis
Consultant, U.S. Digital Service
Dan Willis is a designer and consultant helping the U.S. Digital Service fix the federal government one project at a time. He led a major DesignOps effort at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and is currently helping FEMA overhaul its approach for creating enterprise software. Willis led design teams at PBS, Marriott and The Washington Post and his consulting clients have included Volkswagen, the Royal Bank of Canada and the American Museum of Natural History. A frequent speaker at international, national and local UX-related conferences, he is the co-author and illustrator of Designing the Conversation: Techniques for Successful Facilitation.
Rosenverse talks by Dan:
"I'm feeling really self-conscious about that"
Theme 3: Intro
January 8, 2024
"It's about making something so compelling that the audience can't look away."
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 3, 2019
"Friction often leads to the most significant transformations in design processes."
Panel Discussion: Integrating DesignOps
November 7, 2018
"We had to be flexible as our plan moved through the organization."
Filling the Void
November 7, 2018
"You know, we're in a hole, we've got to start building a ladder. Here's this ladder, and you guys get to finish it."
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 14, 2018
"We're not going to go forward if they think at this."
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 8, 2017
"We needed to radically change how we built things as a company."
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 8, 2016
"When working with enterprise clients, your beloved design process will eventually get steamrolled by the client's own."
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
May 13, 2015
