DesignOps Summit

Name: DesignOps Summit 2019 · New York City
Start: 2019-10-23
End: 2019-10-24
Location: New York City, United States

The dedicated event for DesignOps and the operational side of design teams.

Design OperationsDesign LeadershipDesign Management

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Latest edition

September 2025

Location

Online

Cadence

Annual

Organiser

Rosenfeld Media

About DesignOps Summit

The DesignOps Summit, run by Rosenfeld Media, is a conference for DesignOps practitioners, the people who improve how design teams work, scale, and deliver. Topics include operations, workflow, tooling, team health, and the direction of the discipline.

The programme includes how AI affects design operations alongside craft and organisational sessions, serving a senior operations and leadership audience.

Editions

2025
10–11 Sep
Rosenfeld Media
30 speakers
2024
23–25 Sep
Rosenfeld Media
55 speakers
2023
2–4 Oct
US · Rosenfeld Media
45 speakers
2022
8–9 Sep
San Francisco
49 speakers
2021
29 Sep–1 Oct
Rosenfeld Media
55 speakers
2020
21–23 Oct
28 speakers
2019
23–24 Oct
New York City
25 speakers
Speakers in 2019Speakers at DesignOps Summit 2019
23–24 OctNew York City
Alastair Simpson
Debunking the Myths of Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration
Alison Rand
Setting the Table for Dynamic Change
Amy Thibodeau
Process and Ambiguity
Brenna Fallon
Learning Over Outcomes
Carla Casariego
DesignOps in Wonderland
Crystal C. Yan
The Bigger Picture: A Panel Discussion
Dave Malouf
Amplify. Not Optimize.
Dianne Que
Real Talk: Proving Value Through a Scrappy Playbook
Eniola Oluwole
Lessons from the DesignOps Journey of the World's Largest Travel Site
Erin Hauber
Design Is Not the Frosting on the Scaled Agile Layer Cake
Guneet Singh
The Bigger Picture: A Panel Discussion
Indra Klavins
A Design Ops Girl in a Dev Ops World
Jacqui Frey
Setting the Table for Dynamic Change
Jilanna Wilson
Distributed Design Operations Management
Jose Coronado
The Bigger Picture: A Panel Discussion
Kamdyn Moore
A Deep Dive Into Value and Outcomes
Kelsey Kingman
Transforming Strategic Research Capacity Through Democratization
Kim Fellman Cohen
Measuring the Designer Experience
Kristin Skinner
A Deep Dive Into Value and Outcomes
Kristin Wisnewski
Measuring What Matters
Marjorie Stainback
Transforming Strategic Research Capacity Through Democratization
Purvi Shah
Leading Through Change
Rachel Posman
The Bigger Picture: A Panel Discussion
Saara Kamppari-Miller
"Prototype" Vs "Prototype"—Breaking Down and Rebuilding Our Understanding of What We Do
Sarah Spencer
DesignOps in Wonderland
2018
7–8 Nov
New York City
19 speakers
2017
6–7 Nov
New York City
13 speakers

Speakers in 2019Speakers at DesignOps Summit 2019

23–24 OctNew York City

Alastair Simpson
Debunking the Myths of Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration
Alison Rand
Setting the Table for Dynamic Change
Amy Thibodeau
Process and Ambiguity
Brenna Fallon
Learning Over Outcomes
Carla Casariego
DesignOps in Wonderland
Crystal C. Yan
The Bigger Picture: A Panel Discussion

Dave Malouf
Amplify. Not Optimize.
Dianne Que
Real Talk: Proving Value Through a Scrappy Playbook
Eniola Oluwole
Lessons from the DesignOps Journey of the World's Largest Travel Site
Erin Hauber
Design Is Not the Frosting on the Scaled Agile Layer Cake
Guneet Singh
The Bigger Picture: A Panel Discussion
Indra Klavins
A Design Ops Girl in a Dev Ops World
Jacqui Frey
Setting the Table for Dynamic Change
Jilanna Wilson
Distributed Design Operations Management
Jose Coronado
The Bigger Picture: A Panel Discussion
Kamdyn Moore
A Deep Dive Into Value and Outcomes
Kelsey Kingman
Transforming Strategic Research Capacity Through Democratization
Kim Fellman Cohen
Measuring the Designer Experience
Kristin Skinner
A Deep Dive Into Value and Outcomes
Kristin Wisnewski
Measuring What Matters
Marjorie Stainback
Transforming Strategic Research Capacity Through Democratization
Purvi Shah
Leading Through Change
Rachel Posman
The Bigger Picture: A Panel Discussion
Saara Kamppari-Miller
"Prototype" Vs "Prototype"—Breaking Down and Rebuilding Our Understanding of What We Do
Sarah Spencer
DesignOps in Wonderland