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:
" Enterprise UX is basically the design of cluster-fuck complexity, scale, and hairball relationships. "
10 Years of Enterprise UX: Reflecting on the community and the practice
June 18, 2025
" 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
" Where are our blind spots that cause us to forget or ignore important parts of our journey? "
Theme 3: Introduction and Provocation
January 8, 2024
" AI won't replace design ops roles because we are building for real human needs requiring empathy and human creativity. "
The Future of DesignOps
January 8, 2024
" DesignOps needs to work more horizontally to bridge silos between product, marketing, engineering, and research. "
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
" Designers can only produce their best work if we understand and meet their unique motivations and reward systems. "
Closing Keynote: Amplify. Not Optimize.
October 24, 2019
" A design system that isn't dynamic and doesn't allow contributions from across the company is probably going to become stale quickly. "
Panel: Design Systems and Documentation
November 7, 2017
