Christopher Schwartz

About

As a Technical Program Manager at DoorDash, Christopher leads initiatives to enhance developer productivity and optimize infrastructure quality. His previous experience includes a pivotal role as Senior Technical Program Manager and Chief of Staff at CloudKitchens, where he managed operations at the intersection of food, tech, and real estate. As Director and Program Manager at Swell Investing LLC, he led a team in investor relations and managed investment operations, overseeing a portfolio of approximately $50 million. His expertise extends to advising on operations, strategic initiatives, hyper-growth scaling, and product optimization, demonstrating a solid ability to align engineering efforts with strategic business objectives.

Experience

• Technical Program Manager · DoorDash11-01-2023

  Lead initiatives to enhance developer productivity and optimize infrastructure quality, aligning engineering efforts with strategic priorities and budget constraints. Drive cost-optimization and efficiency programs, improving infrastructure performance while reducing operational expenses. Collaborate with C-level executives to ensure program alignment with overarching business objectives.

• Advisor · Operations, security, product ops, Tools03-01-2019

  Advisor in operations, security, product operations, and tools, likely contributing to strategic guidance and optimization in these areas.

• Senior Technical Program Manager and Chief of Staff · CloudKitchens07-01-2019 – 11-01-2023

  Technical Program Management and Operations Lead at a global stealth startup focused on the intersection of food, tech, and real estate. Led program management driving products focused on customer success, onboarding, and launch.

• Director and Program Manager: Investment Operations & Investor Relations · Swell Investing LLC10-01-2018 – 07-01-2019

  Led Investor Relations team of ~10 agents, drove strategic initiatives. Led product development for various investment products. Built Investment Operations, defined processes, managed portfolio reconciliation and building. Direct manager of all AUM ~ 50mil, responsible for setting trade weights and authorizing buy/sells. Ran Investment Portfolio Committee. Onboarded entire company with Atlassian Confluence. Built sales pipeline and flow for HNW leads. Strategic stakeholder in the attempted sale of the business. Led business operations and development with strategic partners. Managed cross-functional relationships between legal, compliance, engineering.

Education

• University of VermontBachelor of Science (B.S.), Political Science and Government, English

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