Sandro Olivieri

Sandro is the Head of Operations at Diffusion Venture Studio where he leads the effort to operationalize Diffusion’s innovative venture creation process. As part of that effort, Sandro runs Diffusion’s AI Venture Lab - a program focused on ensuring that research is a core driver of both impact and business value for the most innovative startups working at the intersection of Math and AI. Prior to Diffusion, Sandro ran Productive, LLC - an impact investment innovation firm that specialized in designing, building, and operating impact acceleration programs. He designed the AT&T Aspire Accelerator program and has served as its Entrepreneur in Residence for 7 years. The program grew to become one of the premier edtech acceleration programs in K12. Previously, he worked on corporate innovation programs across telecom, consumer product, and education verticals. He lives with his wife and three daughters in Berkeley, CA.