Speaking
Keynotes and workshops on thriving with diabetes and on the discipline a chronic condition can teach, from a CFO who has run companies on insulin for forty years. For patient organizations, employers, healthcare teams, and conferences.
Talks
From surviving to thriving
The four-pillar approach in forty-five minutes: what moved my numbers, what did not, and the three things to do first. The talk version of the book and course.
For patient groups, diabetes associations, hospital and clinic events
Diabetes as a superpower
How the daily discipline of a chronic condition became the foundation of an international executive career. On resilience, routines, and leading with a condition nobody can see.
For corporate wellness programs, leadership offsites, and conferences
Tech, food, and the mind
A practical session on CGMs and automated insulin delivery, low-carb eating in real life with restaurants and travel, and the stress-glucose link most people never hear about.
For diabetes educators, employer health days, and workshops
Why Michael
Most diabetes speakers are clinicians or patients. Michael is a patient who has spent four decades applying an executive's discipline to the condition, and an executive who credits the condition for that discipline. He speaks in English, German, and Spanish, and has presented on four continents.
Type 1 since age 11
CFO in a billion-dollar company
Author of 12 books
Citizen of the world; originally from Europe, moved to North America
Colorado Titan 100 in 2025 and 2026
English, German, Spanish
Formats
Keynote, 30 to 60 minutes, in person or virtual
Half-day workshop built around the Four Pillars guide
Fireside conversation or panel
Podcast and media interviews
Book Michael
Send a note with the event, the audience, the date, and the format you have in mind.
For M&A, finance, and AI-in-finance talks, see bymichaelhofer.com. For my approach to a healthy management of cholesterol, blood pressure, and diabetes, see www.eat-move-heal.com.