Dave Karlson
Chief Facility Management Officer at HyForest
White Salmon, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolDave Karlson is a seasoned technology and facilities executive with over 30 years of technical and management experience, currently serving as Chief Facility Management Officer at HyForest while running KARLSON CONSULTING. He spent nearly two decades leading Google datacenter operations and strategy, combining deep network engineering and technical architecture expertise with long-term planning and leadership development. His background spans IT leadership in education and hospitality, giving him a pragmatic, operations-first approach to complex infrastructure and service delivery. Dave holds an MS in Applied Information Management from the University of Oregon and a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from St. Lawrence University, reflecting strong analytical roots. Known for “thinking of ideas, living in details,” he blends big-picture strategy with meticulous execution across datacenter and startup environments. Based in White Salmon, Washington, he brings a rare mix of hands-on engineering, people leadership, and facility-focused operational excellence.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Applied Information Management, IT Mgmt, MS, Applied Information Management, IT Mgmt at University of OregonBS, Mathematics and Computer Science, Combined, BS, Mathematics and Computer Science, Combined at St. Lawrence UniversityMinnechaug Regional HSWilbraham Public Schools
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Github Skills (54)
mobile-application9
graphql8
react8
reminder8
typescript8
image8
hospital-management-system7
dvb7
image-processing7
progressive7
tesseract7
teletext7
compression6
highcharts6
task-parallel-library6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Sedoid/My_Todo_List
Oct 2019 - Feb 2020
Creating a progressive app for a Todo Reminder
Contributions:99 commits, 96 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
reactreminderprogressivetodo
Sedoid/Developer-Conference
Sep 2019 - Mar 2021
Creating a Developers Conference website
Contributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 1 year 6 months
pair-programmingconference-website
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