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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:

Dave Malouf

" The hardest talk of all time is five minutes, not 30 or 45. "

10 Years of Enterprise UX: Reflecting on the community and the practice

June 18, 2025

Dave Malouf

" Trust is fragile with designers; without clear communication, metrics can feel like micromanagement - Dave Malu. "

Charting the future of DesignOps: A community workshop

April 18, 2024

Dave Malouf

" I like to think about individuals as cells, teams as organs, and organizations as organisms in an ecosystem. "

Theme 3: Introduction and Provocation

January 8, 2024

Dave Malouf

" Without real business world experience, most leaders struggle with the overwhelming amount of demands placed on them. "

The Future of DesignOps

January 8, 2024

Dave Malouf

" Knowledge management is not just about tools but about creating knowledge-sharing capabilities and identifying subject matter experts. "

The Past, Present, and Future of DesignOps: a 2-part DesignOps Community Call (Part 2)

April 28, 2022

Dave Malouf

" 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

Dave Malouf

" Collaboration is working together; coordination is doing separate parts and then syncing up later. "

Closing Keynote: Amplify. Not Optimize.

October 24, 2019

Dave Malouf

" For every single component, we start with its purpose and emergent need to ground design in user experience. "

Panel: Design Systems and Documentation

November 7, 2017

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