Dao Nguyen
Senior Vice President and Head of Digital Advertising Products at The New York Times

Dao is Senior Vice President and Head of Digital Advertising Products at The New York Times. Prior to The Times, Dao served as CPTO / Publisher of BuzzFeed, a reinvention of the traditional title in which she led the company’s product, tech and data teams. During her 11-year stint at BuzzFeed, she also spent time running the growth, editorial, video, food, social, branded content, ad product and distribution, and news teams. She previously served as Chief Executive Officer of LeMonde.fr in Paris, and also worked at Dow Jones Ventures, Concrete Media, and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). Dao also serves on the board of the Media Development Investment Fund; MDIF invests in independent media companies around the world that provide diverse news and facilitates the exchange of information and views people need to build free, thriving societies. Dao holds an Applied Math / Computer Science undergraduate degree from Harvard University.