Summary
Zac Carlson is a data engineering leader with 14 years of experience building and modernizing enterprise data platforms for healthcare organizations. As Manager, Data Engineering at HealthPartners he blends hands-on ETL design and architecture with team leadership, having progressed from principal developer roles that standardized ETL patterns, naming conventions, and lifecycle practices. His background includes deep domain knowledge integrating clinical and financial systems—landing surgery system feeds, Epic integrations, and legacy accounting migrations into a consolidated EDW. Zac combines a process-driven analyst mindset (rooted in earlier business analyst work) with technical execution, enabling reliable data pipelines and repeatable intake and deployment workflows. Based in the Twin Cities, he brings a practical, compliance-aware approach to scaling data platforms in regulated environments.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering at University of Minnesota-Duluth