Carl Champagne, Chief Executive Officer
Carl Champagne is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of DSI.
He stepped into DSI as a hands-on angel investor, and his leadership enables DSI to achieve increasingly higher levels of success. He also has experience with large corporations, such as GTE, now Verizon and Digital Equipment, and Compaq, now Hewlett-Packard. Over the last 25 years, Carl has guided several high technology and manufacturing companies through critical phases of turn-around and fast-track growth. With each of these endeavors, he has not only provided market vision and technological and business expertise, but vital leadership necessary for the company's long-term growth and profitability. Carl has a Bachelor of Science and Master's Degree in Computer Science, and completed the Management of High Technology Business program from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.
In his spare time, Carl serves as Chairman of the Board for Special People Loving Outdoor Recreation Experiences (SPLORE), a nonprofit organization. He is a private pilot, and his personal interests include golf, sport shooting, and collecting antiques and investment grade firearms.
Jon Hammarstrom, President, Chief Operating Officer
Jon joined DSI in 2009 bringing with him more than 30 years experience working in a variety of high technology industries. Jon’s experiences have included managing teams involved in engineering design, marketing, sales and operations for companies such as Polaroid Corporation, Utah Scientific, Inc., Encoda Systems and Tektronix, Inc. He has extensive project management experience and has championed the successful market introduction for a number of industry first hardware and software products through the years.
He and his project teams have consistently earned respect from their clients for the highest levels of quality and customer satisfaction. Jon has personally lead consulting teams engaged in organizational reengineering for clients with a focus on improving operational efficiency and gaining maximum organizational leverage from new workflow management systems and complementary technology.
In May 2010 Jon accepted an appointment as President / Chief Operating Officer with DSI responsible for all aspects of day to day operation of the company. Jon holds a BSME degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Darin Patterson, Vice President of Product Management
Darin Patterson is Vice President of Product Management at Data Systems International. Darin provides vision, planning, and management for the strategic evolution of the ClientTrack™ suite of products to assist health and human service organizations maximize their impact. He serves on the senior staff providing marketing and product management responsibilities to the team and our clients. Prior to this role, Darin oversaw all professional service and long term care delivery operations to ensure successful implementations of the ClientTrack™ application. He has been involved in dozens of human service software implementations including diverse roles in project management, product architecture, training, and configuration.
Equipped with a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Utah and extensive experience in implementing information systems in Health and Human Service industries, Darin a brings a unique perspective to his work at ClientTrack™. As a former customer working at the YWCA of Salt Lake City, Darin implemented a comprehensive case management solution that enhances daily operations and strategic program management. In addition to the near decade of experience in this arena, Darin also served as a member of Utah's Homeless Management Information System (UHMIS) Steering Committee, and a co-chair of UHMIS's Ethics and Privacy Subcommittee.
Darin has a passion and deep commitment to helping human service organizations do more with less, by leveraging the power of information technology. He is an internal advocate of DSI’s Service Centric Initiatives.