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:
" Silos are everywhere—in technology companies, retail, inside silos inside silos. "
10 Years of Enterprise UX: Reflecting on the community and the practice
June 18, 2025
" Michelle Wong took her outside consultant experience inside PwC to design tools for incoming contractors. "
Theme 3: Intro
January 8, 2024
" It’s never too late to apologize. And don’t be afraid to say, I’m sorry. "
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 3, 2019
" Collective consciousness cannot be asked to happen overnight; it’s a game of patience. "
Panel Discussion: Integrating DesignOps
November 7, 2018
" Selling an ideal solution to an organization never works. You push a good start and adapt as you go. "
Filling the Void
November 7, 2018
" We dug this hole ourselves by never asking how the client delivers designs after we hand them over. "
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 14, 2018
" We got to get everybody to tell stories in the whole room. "
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 8, 2017
" Know-it-alls claim to know what to do and how users behave, but if they knew the answers, why bring in research? "
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 8, 2016
" A typical enterprise customer has like five analysts who need a login, not millions of users. "
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
May 13, 2015