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CAREGIVER SOLUTIONIST
Michael Walsh
Co-Founder and CEO
Cariloop
Walsh co-founded Cariloop in 2012, aiming to create an app to help people find suitable nursing homes or senior living facilities for their loved ones. That goal came out of experiences he and co-founder Steven Theesfeld had early on.
“Steven’s future father-in-law was diagnosed with cancer while we were in college, and then my grandfather had significant health issues right after we graduated,” Walsh says. After navigating the “very real challenges” of a complicated healthcare system, they decided “to ensure that no caregiver ever has to experience this process alone.”
Now, about a decade later, Richardson-based Cariloop has grown to pursue its vision of creating “the global standard for the way we support caregivers, families, and each other.” In 2022 alone, Cariloop became a Certified B Corporation, made the Inc. 5000 list for the first time, and released its first annual impact report, all while continuing to build a coalition of employers and partner organizations. It also recently launched an Education Support service line, Walsh says, creating “the same incredible experience we create for caregivers navigating the healthcare system for a loved one, but instead for parents navigating the education system for their child.”
During the pandemic, “the entire playbook from our early days had to be thrown out and rewritten,” he says, with the company evolving and pivoting “to continue achieving our growth objectives and enhancing our culture.”
Looking forward, Walsh says, “I couldn’t be more optimistic and bullish about Cariloop’s path and the work we’re doing to create a material, positive impact for communities, companies, and caregivers in our society.”
His hope for the future? “That we as a country and global community more widely recognize the extraordinary contributions and sacrifices made by working caregivers and parents every day,” and that we “weave the necessary support mechanisms into our country’s infrastructure” to allow for “continued advancement and prosperity across generations.”