Michael is founder and CEO of Caxy Interactive, a Chicago-based software-development firm that works with fintech, insurtech, manufacturing, health care, HR tech, higher education, nonprofit, and startup companies to create outcome-based software. Michael led Caxy as it has developed a specialty in open-source technology, specifically content management, custom database application and e-commerce.
Michael is the author of Superpowered: 7 Leadership Superpowers Technology Executives Can Use to Grow a More Engaged, Tech-driven and Profitable Organization, published in 2021 to provide a trove of practical and actionable advice, including personal stories from technology executives who have claimed seven critical superpowers--mindset, vision, influence, storytelling, listening, learning, and design thinking--and used them alone or in a variety of combinations to address their business challenges.
In addition to running Caxy, Michael is also a musician who plays guitar in a local band. He resides in a northern suburb of Chicago with his wife, Angela, two children, Rocco and Blaise, and their dog, Oliver.
