Diógenes Brito

I help boards and leadership teams make better product, customer, and growth decisions by applying design thinking to real business constraints.

My background spans product design, engineering, and executive leadership at high-growth technology companies, as well as ownership and operation of regulated, multi-million-dollar hospitality-led retail businesses in Brooklyn.

Experience

Astro Management COO
2024–Present
Yerba Buena Brands Founder & CEO
2022–Present
Air Head of Product & Design
2022–2023
Slack Staff Designer, Platform Lead
2013–2021
LinkedIn UX Designer
2013–2014
Squarespace Product Designer
2011–2013

Education

Stanford University B.S. Engineering (Product Design)
Georgia Tech Graduate CS Coursework

In the Boardroom

How I Contribute

  • Customer experience as strategy
  • Product and business design at the organizational level
  • Helping founders evolve decision-making as complexity increases
  • Translating vision into systems that scale

Problems I Help Solve

  • Strategy not translating into customer behavior
  • Growth increasing complexity faster than clarity
  • Digital initiatives disconnected from the core business
  • Customer experience discussed but not designed into decisions