For over 25 years, Mike Garza has been the person organizations call when they need a turnaround, not just an opinion. He's built his career at the intersection of performance psychology, business strategy, and education. He brings the same research-based model to every client, whether it's a Fortune 500 supply chain, a struggling campus, or a first-time entrepreneur. Mike holds an M.B.A. from UTPB, has completed doctoral coursework in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from GCU, and carries a Professional Responsibility Certification from the Texas Education Agency. In 2006, he built the learning model that still drives his results today, which are designed to optimize performance in athletes, students, executives, and entrepreneurs alike. 

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Fortune 500

Mike spent ten years inside UPS operations, where his leadership helped drive a center to a #3 PAS ranking out of 754 centers nationwide. He's trained hundreds of leaders in the mechanics that move a P&L: production, synchronization, capitalization, utilization, and execution. His specialty is scaling operations by building what most consultants overlook: leadership capacity, density, and emotional resilience in the people doing the work. 

 

Entrepreneurship 

Mike doesn't just advise growth. He has produced it. As CEO of a chamber of commerce, he grew revenue over 300% in two years. As an International Business Development Trade Consultant, he helped broker a tri-city sister agreement between Mexican cities and the Permian Basin which were projected at over $1 billion in value with a multinational global package company. He's advised a venture capital firm on deals exceeding $10 million, secured a multi-million-dollar manufacturing contract for GOLSCH Energy, and guided two CEOs through publishing their first books. His work earned him a seat in the Leadership Tejas Class of 2024 and an appointment to the executive committee board of the Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce (TAMACC).

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Education 

Mike built the "Phoenix Challenge," a curriculum that improved outcomes for students at an at-risk facility. He was selected to present at the Texas Association of Alternative Educators Leadership Conference, which earned his team a district award from ECISD in 2012. He helped facilitate a UTPB–UACH agreement to offer an oil and gas curriculum in Chihuahua, Mexico. He led a Permian Basin teacher-recruitment initiative for ECISD in Mexico. In 2021, he was named an Expert Art of Thinking educator by Third Future Schools (TFS).  Mike has since become one of the most exemplary administrator performers in the TFS network, achieving over 2.0 years of academic growth on NWEA MAP testing for three straight years and a record-breaking 1.58 years of growth in just three and a half months. In 2024, he became the first TFS administrator to lead a team to an A rating on STAAR (71 to 91). In 2025, the first TFS administrator to lead a team to hit a historic score of an 80 on STAAR Domain 1 at a Title I campus. His performance earned him a panel spot before 300 HISD superintendents, executive directors, and administrators, where he shared the story of a middle school team that went from an F to a B in a single year.​ In 2025, billion-dollar educational software company Waygound selected him to present to a global audience of over 400,000 educators online.   

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In 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and TEA Commissioner Mike Morath took over HISD, making it the first district in Texas history to be under state control. This decision followed the school's exemplary performance under a model in which Mike served as an administrator at one of the schools.

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Champion

Mike knows the difference between a championship team and a winning one because he's lived both. Playing under coaches Steve Ramharter and Brian Reinke at Midland College in 2002, his team went 45-12 as district champions. That experience shapes everything he brings to clients today: a research-backed, socially and emotionally grounded approach that turns talent into consistent results for athletes, executives, entrepreneurs, educators, and students alike.