Kristen Muzzy, Executive Vice President of Business Development for Leading2Lean, advocates for manufacturing progress in Colorado and nationwide. Kristen brings us her guest, Stacey Bibik from Focused on Machining. Stacey has a small business background that allows her to contribute to the success of manufacturing professionals in her community.

Arlen Meyers, President and CEO of Society of Physician Entrepreneurs or SoPE (pronounced soap), joins us. Arlen’s guest is Mehmet Kazgan, SoPE member and Founder of cliexa, a mobile platform that allows patients to track the progress of their chronic illness.

Sheryl Ziegler, Psy.D. is a Doctor of Psychology who specializes in children and families. She is the author of the upcoming book, Mommy Burnout, How Addressing Yours Will Make You A Better Mother And Create A Better Life For Your Children. We will also discuss Dr. Ziegler’s TEDx Talk addressing Why Moms are Miserable: Where Have All My Friends Gone?

Rebecca Laurie, Director of Communications for Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies joins us along with Michael Conway, interim Insurance Commissioner. We’ll focus on DORA’s role in Colorado healthcare.

Andrew Graham, President and CEO of Clinic Service has partnered with David Silverstein, founder of BrokenHealthcare.org Broken Healthcare is focused on price transparency for services rendered in the Healthcare system. Andrew & David dive deep into how they plan to get America’s Healthcare back on track.

Peter Moore, President and CEO of VITAL for Colorado joins us to discuss the importance of energy production in our state.

Carly Callans, Director of Marketing and Pablo Martinez founder of RideTonite will be discussing their new app in depth. RideTonite is a promotional platform that allows bars and restaurants to provide transportation as an incentive. The app itself is very simple to use enabling customers prepay their bar tab, instantly receiving an Uber voucher valid for their ride to or from the bar.

Stephanie Veck, Director of the Colorado Workforce Development Council, joins us to discuss TalentFOUND: Creating the Colorado Talent Pipeline: 2017 Talent Pipeline Report. We will explore the data and research in the recently released Talent Pipeline Report including top jobs for 2018, what does the "Future of Work" look like and how Colorado can better prepare people for great jobs now as well as the constant changes in the digital and more automated economy.

Anthony Lambatos shares his experience running a second-generation business and his perspective on company culture. Anthony brings us Alex Cole and John Chrisbens, co-founders of Producor, a company designed to help sales professionals, business owners, and entrepreneurs take a step away from the myriad daily distractions so they can create a simple, actionable business plan. Anthony, Alex, and John discuss business planning and employee engagement.

Colorado Business Roundtable’s inaugural awards ceremony took place on December 7. We are bringing you the highlights from our key speakers at the ceremony. We’ll hear all about an update for the national Business Roundtable from Jacque Hinman. Governor John Hickenlooper hones in on the state of Colorado and exactly why we’re so great at collaboration. Gallup Chairman & CEO, Jim Clifton explains the state of the economy and how collaboration is key in keeping businesses on their best game.