Mike LaVista is the Founder and CEO of Caxy Interactive, a Chicago-based software and AI consultancy that has been helping companies solve complex business problems since 1999. Over more than two decades, Caxy has navigated the dot-com boom, the mobile revolution, and the AI era, consistently staying ahead of the curve and delivering outcome-based solutions across industries including fintech, insurtech, manufacturing, healthcare, HR tech, higher education, and nonprofits.

As a strategic adviser to CIOs, CTOs, and CEOs, Mike specializes in identifying where friction lives inside a business and eliminating it through smart software strategy, AI integration, and operational transformation. His approach is built on a simple premise: 10X growth requires a fundamentally different way of operating, not just working harder, and Caxy's job is to help already-winning companies make that leap. With a personal mission to create 25 millionaires through his firm's work, Mike targets companies ready to pour kerosene on the fire and scale in ways they couldn't achieve alone.

He is also the host of The Digital Transformist podcast, the author of Superpowered: 7 Leadership Superpowers Technology Executives Can Use to Grow a More Engaged, Tech-Driven and Profitable Organization, and a musician who plays guitar in a local band. He lives in the northern suburbs of Chicago with his wife Angela, their two children, and their dog Oliver.