Carter Powers

Carter is both Dimagi’s Managing Director of the United States Health Division as well as Dimagi’s Co-President as the chair of Dimagi’s Executive Committee. As the Managing Director of the United States Health Division, Carter leads a 50+ person team that focuses on  public health use cases and collaborations in the United States through state and local governments and community-based organizations. As Co-President of Dimagi, Carter oversees corporate governance and initiatives across all of Dimagi’s global divisions inclusive of acquisitions, capital strategy, organizational restructuring, and change management. In this capacity, Carter also leads Dimagi’s Business Strategy team.

Carter joined Dimagi in 2011 and has led Dimagi through a period of tremendous growth across revenue, staff and technology projects delivering quality health care to urban and rural communities. Carter has managed cross-functional teams to achieve Dimagi’s aggressive business goals and expansion globally, and is seen as an entrepreneurial leader with a strong track record of developing business ventures from identification through execution. He is passionate about sustainable business strategies, data-driven decision making, and brings an academic rigor towards evaluating the impact of Dimagi’s business, technology, services, and products.

Carter holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has spent his prior professional life working in management consulting and finance with Oliver Wyman, managing multiple international projects across North America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Prior to joining Dimagi, Carter was also a Senior Associate at ideas42, a Harvard-based think tank applying behavioral economics to design financial products for the poor.