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:
" The lipstick on the pig—cosmetic fixes give little impact without addressing deeper usability and business value. "
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
" Resiliency is not necessarily how we react to challenges, but how we move beyond them. "
Theme 3: Introduction and Provocation
January 8, 2024
" Design ops must run as a business, setting KPIs, managing budgets, and delivering measurable value. "
The Future of DesignOps
January 8, 2024
" Our role as DesignOps leaders is to focus on how work gets done, not on the specific design details. "
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
" Agile was built for speed and recovery but often misses depth, purpose, and vision needed for design. "
Closing Keynote: Amplify. Not Optimize.
October 24, 2019
" Make a proof of concept before investing a lot more time and energy into a design system. "
Panel: Design Systems and Documentation
November 7, 2017
