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:
" 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
" Design ops is not execution or tactical, it’s a leadership role that brings design thinking to the whole organization - Patrizia. "
Charting the future of DesignOps: A community workshop
April 18, 2024
" Do we have the feedback loops to feel our way through paths of emergence rather than pre-carved routes? "
Theme 3: Introduction and Provocation
January 8, 2024
" Creativity and structure go hand in hand, like learning notes and then improvising jazz in music. "
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
" The dynamic between employer and employee is changing a lot, and from a Design Ops perspective, that's something to keep our eye on. "
The Past, Present, and Future of DesignOps: a 2-part DesignOps Community Call (Part 1)
February 17, 2022
" Behavioral fit means the system’s behavior matches the behavior and mental models of users. "
Closing Keynote: Amplify. Not Optimize.
October 24, 2019
" We hadn’t really thought about governance up front at all, which is not the ideal way to do something like that. "
Panel: Design Systems and Documentation
November 7, 2017