Walker Dieckmann is startup executive with a passion for building and leading high-performing teams to achieve extraordinary results. He is presently a Senior Director of Operations for Next Gen Fulfillment at Instacart, leading a team focused on supply chain innovation. Walker joined Instacart in 2014 as employee #42, and over the past decade has been privileged to play a role in building and scaling the Operations organization; developing and executing playbooks that are used across the business today; and working with teams across the country to deliver exceptional experiences to shoppers, customers, and partners.

Outside of his day job, Walker enjoys sharing transferable learnings from his career with startups and nonprofits. He serves as an advisor to Sella, a marketplace for secondhand items, and Ujamaa Africa, an NGO with a mission to eliminate gender-based violence in Africa.

Walker is a native of Northampton, Massachusetts and a graduate of Emerson college. Prior to Instacart he did stints in radio (Emerson’s beloved WERS Boston) and Hollywood (the Gersh Agency), and held multiple roles at Mopro, a startup helping SMBs build their business online. He is a perpetually aspiring musician and an erstwhile athlete. He lives in Fairfield, CT with his fiancée Emalee and their son Oliver.