Dave Carlson is a serial entrepreneur and standards-focused innovator with over four decades in technology and 12 years of recent hands-on experience building person-centered health solutions. As Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Mountain Lotus WellBeing and Standards-Based Solutions Architect at Clinical Cloud Solutions, he designs mobile apps, digital quality measures, and HL7 FHIR implementations that empower patients and integrate care across institutions including NIH and the VA. He led the creation of the HL7 FHIR Person-Centered Outcomes implementation guide and is actively integrating it into production mobile platforms and digital measures. A former academic and open-source project lead, Dave built MDHT tooling that helped healthcare developers operationalize CDA and FHIR profiles, marrying rigorous standards work with practical product delivery. Based in Kalispell, Montana, he combines deep standards expertise, model-driven engineering, and a persistent focus on individual well-being to translate complex interoperability challenges into usable, person-centered solutions.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Management Information Systems, General, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Management Information Systems, General at University of Arizona, Eller College of Management
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Cornell University - Johnson Graduate School of Management
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Industrial Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Industrial Engineering at Stanford University
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Dave Carlson - Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer