Dave Malouf
Consultant, Coach, Teacher
Dave Malouf is Director of UX Design at Walmart, where he leads strategic initiatives across AI, Platform Design, and Design Operations. A recognized pioneer in Interaction Design and a foundational voice in the DesignOps movement, Dave brings decades of experience shaping design practice at scale. Prior to Walmart, he held design leadership roles at HP, Teladoc, Rackspace, and Motorola, and served as a Professor of Interaction Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Dave is known for blending thoughtful design craft with systems thinking, and for pushing the boundaries of what it means to design in the age of AI.
Rosenverse talks by Dave:
" We don’t have meetings without all three sides of the business, product, and design coming together now. "
10 Years of Enterprise UX: Reflecting on the community and the practice
June 18, 2025
" Design ops is still defining its service offering and must articulate value both internally and to business partners - Zi. "
Charting the future of DesignOps: A community workshop
April 18, 2024
" Design operations is about being that resilient force on behalf of everyone else in your organization. "
Theme 3: Introduction and Provocation
January 8, 2024
" Scaling is not just about more but about providing solutions at scale using nested units like Russian dolls. "
The Future of DesignOps
January 8, 2024
" The future is now, it’s just not evenly distributed. "
The Past, Present, and Future of DesignOps: a 2-part DesignOps Community Call (Part 2)
April 28, 2022
" Not every Design Ops person is the same, and Design Ops is going to look very different at every company. "
The Past, Present, and Future of DesignOps: a 2-part DesignOps Community Call (Part 1)
February 17, 2022
" We gather on the traditional land of the Karnasi and the Lonepe peoples, honoring with gratitude those who stewarded this land. "
Closing Keynote: Amplify. Not Optimize.
October 24, 2019
" Co-creation is the single best way to get people to really buy into the ideas and use the design system properly. "
Panel: Design Systems and Documentation
November 7, 2017