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:
" Enterprise is sexy – that phrase helped me get at least one job. "
10 Years of Enterprise UX: Reflecting on the community and the practice
June 18, 2025
" Melinda Belcher has succeeded both as an outsider consultant and as an inside enterprise manager, and will share how to leverage those differences. "
Theme 3: Intro
January 8, 2024
" Queerness is change. The power to shape that change is within every one of us. "
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 3, 2019
" Listen hard, change fast. "
Panel Discussion: Integrating DesignOps
November 7, 2018
" The user directorate’s revolt shutting down new development for a year was unprecedented and opened the door for ambitious change. "
Filling the Void
November 7, 2018
" Estimates are guesses, not prophecies, and the riskiest parts deserve the most attention. "
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 14, 2018
" When the dot com bubble burst, I had a great design job. Unfortunately, it was at another dot com. "
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 8, 2017
" We have to ask the question what if it goes wrong? Because causing even intangible, emotional pain is harm. "
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 8, 2016
" The harder I think, the further I am from the answer. "
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
May 13, 2015
