David Carlson

David leads ConvergeHEALTH’s Market Access and Pricing offering. He is an experienced management consultant and entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of growing transformational organizations from early stages to maturity and exit. David was co-owner and COO of a predictive analytics software and services company serving the life sciences industry, which was purchased by a tier I Silicon Valley private equity firm. He has also served a number of data and analytics startups serving life sciences.

David’s consulting work has focused primarily on the strategic use of analytics to solve complex commercial needs for both large and emerging pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients, as well as on market access. He has led initiatives in the areas of pricing and reimbursement, value-based strategies, managed markets analytics, product launch scenario planning, and fact-based negotiation.

David has had articles published in industry publications such as Pharmaceutical Executive and contributed to the book Debates on US Health Care (2012, Sage Publishing).