Diao has led growth teams for over 12 years at industry-leading companies such as Meta (Facebook/Instagram) to build full-funnel growth programs for hundreds of millions of users, Pinterest as the first B2B growth hire to acquire the first million business customers, and Descript (Series C led by OpenAI and a16z) as the first growth hire.
Sandy Diao is a growth executive with a track record of scaling user bases from zero to hundreds of millions. Diao has led growth teams for over 12 years at industry-leading companies such as Meta (Facebook/Instagram) to build full-funnel growth programs for hundreds of millions of users, Pinterest as the first B2B growth hire to acquire the first million business customers, and Descript (Series C led by OpenAI and a16z) as the first growth hire. Diao invests in software companies as a Venture Partner at IOVC and also advises early stage founders on growth marketing. Diao is a keynote speaker and lecturer at over thirty conferences on the topics of growth strategy and entrepreneurship.