Bria Alexander
DesignOps Curator
Bria Alexander is a Senior Design Program Manager, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) consultant, and an International Speaker, Facilitator, and Interviewer. She currently supports Unified Experience and Brand Experience Programs within Adobe’s Design organization, where she also leads the San Jose site of the Black Employee network and the Creative Cloud Product Representation and Equality team.
With over 10 years of facilitation and hosting experience, Bria has served as the curator and emcee for Adobe’s Design Summit, and for Rosenfeld Media’s Design Operations Conference. She has also served as host for all Rosenfeld Media conferences for the past 2 years including the Advancing Research Conference, Design at Scale Conference, Design Operations Conference and Civic Design Conference.
Outside of her professional commitments Bria enjoys travel, live music, and a great bottle of wine. You can find Bria on LinkedIn under her full name, or on Instagram @briaismynameoh.
Rosenverse talks by Bria:
" Every single talk is going to have a thread associated with the speaker. Please put your questions there. "
Day 3 Welcome
September 25, 2024
" Sometimes, session notes and resources will be available as soon as 30 minutes after the talk. "
Day 2 Welcome
September 24, 2024
" Tomorrow we’re going to have a game/networking event hosted by Cozy Juicy Reel for some fun and face-to-face time. "
Day 1 Welcome
September 23, 2024
" The best way to achieve influence in design ops is to clearly show the benefit of what you're doing. "
The Big Question about Resilience: A panel discussion
September 23, 2024
" We talk about being resilient in our day jobs and co-creating operating models with our teams even when things get hairy and squirrely. "
Theme 1 Intro
September 23, 2024
" Design ops is still an emerging field; a lot of unknowns, and we’re still defining the industry - Zi. "
Charting the future of DesignOps: A community workshop (Videoconference)
April 18, 2024
" You can reach out to us anytime at conferences@rosenfeldmedia.com if you need help of any sort. "
Opening Remarks Day 2
March 26, 2024
" Our virtual attendees get to play Cozy Juicy Real, a fun board game session, at the same time. "
Opening Remarks Day 1
March 25, 2024
" We have to do that virtually and we’re going to do our best. "
Welcome
January 8, 2024
" Even though we are virtual, our community code of conduct absolutely applies. "
Opening Remarks
January 8, 2024
" This is our Super Bowl to us — we are sitting here waiting for you to give us feedback. "
Opening Remarks
October 4, 2023
" John, Asara, for your expertise. You are thorough planning, your deep empathy and swift project execution. "
Theme Two Intro
October 3, 2023
" David Nicholson is the reason why you don’t have to write very fast — he’s our outstanding house scribe. "
Opening Remarks
October 3, 2023
" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches; they are free and provide incredibly high quality content. "
Opening Remarks
October 2, 2023
" If you want to attend sponsor sessions, just click the Zoom link in your itinerary once to register for all. "
Opening Remarks
March 29, 2023
" Sponsor sessions are really, really good and incredibly high quality — definitely not sales pitches. "
Opening Remarks
March 28, 2023
" The world really needs what researchers like you bring to the table. "
Opening Remarks
March 27, 2023
" There are 653 people in the Civic Design conference Slack right now, having an incredibly engaging discussion. "
Opening Remarks
November 18, 2022
" You don’t have to take notes; session notes and videos will be shared quickly on the conference site. "
Opening Remarks
November 17, 2022
" Go out the next three days as part of this conversation rather than simply sitting back consuming information. "
Opening Remarks
November 16, 2022
" No need to take notes, the Rosenfeld team provides session notes and resources quickly after talks. "
Opening Remarks
September 9, 2022
" Don’t reinvent the wheel, build on top of what others have created. "
Connecting the Ops: Plenary Panel and Closing Circle
September 9, 2022
" You’re going to get the importance of empathy to the bottom line. "
Theme Two Intro
September 8, 2022
" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches but incredibly high quality content available for free to anyone. "
Welcome
September 8, 2022
" Junior engineers often feel like OKRs are overhead and ask for things beyond their pay grade. "
OKRs—Helpful or Harmful? (Videoconference)
January 20, 2022
" We have to respect people's power rather than in-powering them. "
Reflect and Chart Forward
December 10, 2021
" There’s an opportunity to inject human centrality into product ops by balancing business value and customer experience – Meredith. "
State of DesignOps Panel
October 1, 2021
" Please read our code of conduct to ensure everyone feels like they can be their fullest selves. "
Opening Remarks
October 1, 2021
" Our note taker MJ Broadbitt and Kay and Abba are providing session notes and resource lists. "
Opening Remarks
September 30, 2021
" All videos and decks will be shared on the conference site ASAP — you don’t have to worry about taking notes. "
Opening Remarks
September 29, 2021
" If you ever feel unsafe or unsupported, please let us know—we will fix it. "
Opening Remarks
June 11, 2021
" The official time zone of this conference is Pacific Time, but you can change it to align with your local time. "
Opening Remarks
June 10, 2021
" If you want to talk about the things you’re learning, use the hashtag DAS 2021 on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn. "
Opening Remarks
June 9, 2021