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Christopher Frommann

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Senior Engineering Manager, Core Shopping Experience at Instacart
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Christopher is a Senior Engineering Manager at Instacart, leveraging a unique background that spans both private sector tech leadership at Lyft and public service as a Senior Counselor at FEMA. He is a Cornell University graduate with expertise in technology, strategy, and customer experience. Colleagues describe him as smart, dedicated, and persistent, with a genius that extends across many subjects.

Outside of his professional roles, Christopher has a keen interest in the intersection of technology and social impact. He took a career break to travel through South America and Asia, and his public posts indicate a strong interest in politics and U. S. foreign aid. He also has a history of involvement with political campaigns and progressive causes.

He pioneered "dogfooding" exercises at FEMA, where senior executives were put in the shoes of disaster survivors to improve the aid application process.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Senior Engineering Manager, Core Shopping Experience
Job Level
Middle
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Tech for Social Impact
His career combines high-level tech roles with public service at FEMA and the White House, focusing on improving citizen services and survivor experiences.
Government Modernization
At FEMA, he served as the Administrator's principal technology advisor, building an in-house digital services team from scratch to improve agency effectiveness.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Senior Engineering Manager, Core Shopping Experience
Instacart
2-2025 - 10-2025
Travel
Career Break
6-2022 - 1-2025
Senior Counselor to the Administrator for Technology, Strategy, and Delivery
FEMA
8-2020 - 11-2020
Staff Software Engineer / Problem Solver
Democratic National Committee
5-2020 - 8-2020
Volunteers Team
U.S. Digital Response
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Education
2009 - 2010
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)
Cornell University
2005 - 2009
Bachelor of Arts
Cornell University
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