Operators, clinicians, and a golden retriever.

Michael Kessler

Founder & CEO

Michael has spent nearly a decade in healthcare strategy and operations across management consulting and value-based care, including roles at Deloitte and Wellvana. His work has spanned fundraising, clinical documentation programs, care-management implementations, and cost-reduction initiatives across health plans and primary-care networks — direct exposure to how clinical software is built, adopted, and used inside organizations that deliver care. He holds a BBA from the University of Iowa.

Michael founded DaySteps to bring that same level of operational rigor to a space historically underserved by well-designed clinical software: executive-function support for children and the clinicians who work with them.

Drew Duffy, M.A., M.Ed., NCSP, BCBA

Clinical Advisor

Drew is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She holds a Master of Arts in School Psychology and a Master of Education from Columbia University, along with an advanced certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis.

Her experience includes placements in New York City and Boston, several years as a school psychologist in Toronto — including work with the district's Autism team — and most recently a role in Denver supporting twice-exceptional students. In parallel, she provides therapy to children and adolescents with ADHD, autism, anxiety, and mood disorders. She is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Denver, where her research focuses on curriculum development and equity in education.

As Clinical Advisor to DaySteps, Drew brings evidence-based perspective to ensure tools are grounded in research and effective in real-world settings.

Tucker

Chief Routine Officer

Tucker is a golden retriever who lives by a strict daily routine: morning walk, breakfast, a very serious nap, park time and fetch, another nap, dinner, post-dinner greenie, pre-bedtime zoomies, and beauty sleep. Same order. Every day.

He is the most consistent DaySteps user — and a good reminder that predictable routines bring out the best in all of us.