Mike Acker is a speaker, leadership coach, and bestselling author, with over 19 years of experience in speaking, leadership development, and organizational management.

Growing up in Mexico helped Mike learn confidence in a multicultural setting, as he overcame many challenges to learn leadership, intercultural communication, and fluency in Spanish.

He moved to the United States for university and achieved high ranks in Debate Nationals against opponents from Stanford and Harvard, among other colleges. After graduation, he embarked on a journey of professional speaking, organizational management, and executive leadership. His experience became central as he founded ADVANCE, authored bestselling books, and provides executive communication coaching.

Outside of being a CEO-coach-practitioner, he also enjoys rock climbing, skiing, building Legos with his son, and taking his wife out on dates. Mike strongly believes in the power of prayer, exercise, journaling, and the real community to balance out the stresses of life.