Summary
Mike Lauer is a seasoned technology and operations leader with nearly three decades of experience turning healthcare and enterprise IT into scalable, growth-oriented businesses. As COO at Focus Solutions and a board member at Pacer, he blends hands-on product and engineering instincts with proven M&A, integration, and go-to-market leadership. He’s founded three companies and held equity in multiple private ventures, giving him a pragmatic founder’s perspective on strategy, culture, and talent. Mike’s background spans hands-on software engineering, product management, and large-scale IT transformations across healthcare, hospitality, and manufacturing, with deep expertise in HIT, analytics, cloud hosting, and managed services. A lifelong maker and musician who once grew a regional band into a half-million dollar enterprise, he brings creative problem solving and people-first change management to technical challenges. Based in Neenah, WI, he is happiest leading teams that pursue continuous personal and organizational improvement.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Management Computer Systems, Information Technology, Management Computer Systems, Information Technology at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Hortonville High School