My guest will be Carl Mazzanti. Carl is the founder and CEO of eMazzanti Technologies, one of the premier IT consulting services for businesses ranging from home office and retail clients to multinational corporations throughout the New York metropolitan area and numerous international locations.  With Carl's guidance, eMazzanti Technologies has recognized double-digit growth every year since they opened their doors in 2001.  After a decade of experience consulting with his various clients to make certain their networks are secure, Carl has accumulated a nearly unparalleled knowledge of the numerous methods that a business owner can take to protect their network and secure the integrity of their client and personal data.

My guest will be Michele Waldman. Michele is the president ofMax Your Media, a full-service online marketing and advertising company, which develops and implements targeted Internet marketing campaigns.  After graduating from Syracuse University with a Textile Design degree, and working as a textile designer for two years, Michele was given the opportunity to work for an Internet startup.  Subsequently, she went on to work for Citysearch selling online advertising which was pre-Google and, at the time, the main online directory for local businesses. Eventually she left the local industry and went to work for Doubleclick/Google and then Microsoft selling to major publishers technology and Rich Media. Due to the mergers and acquisitions that hit the Internet industry over the years she altered her career path and to pursue her longtime dream of building a business to satisfy the growing need of small businesses for online marketing.

My guest will be Christopher Duffy. Chris was born into a well-known restaurant and catering family in Philadelphia, PA. This is where he received his formal training in all styles of service. During this time he waited on Pope John Paul II, Jackie Onassis and Princess Grace of Monaco.

In 1984 he left the family business to pursue other dreams, and moved to the hotel industry. He first worked at a big name hotel in Wilmington, DE, and then for one in Pittsburgh, PA.  After Pittsburgh he decided to get out of catering altogether to pursue other interests. It was then he went into retailing and started to work for a big name department store.  It was with that company he moved to NYC to become an assistant buyer. It was in this job that he discovered he had a knack for reconciliations. From there he went from one retailer to another learning what he could and always giving his best. He got to a point in retailing where it just wasn’t him, so he looked for different horizons and took a job answering phones at a credit union in Times Square. This is where his business sense blossomed, and he became an assistant loan manager and then the Director of Lending. As he grew so did the credit union; he took them to all-time heights. He reorganized the department and grew the department from a $14 million on the books to, after 5 years, $50 million on the books, and at the same being responsible for the ATM’s in all the McDonalds. He left the credit union to become a real estate agent for a couple of years where he decided to get back into the mortgage industry in July 2007. During the crash of the industry he stayed strong but after some time had enough and came to a decision to get back to his roots. He then worked for 5 different staffing companies where he got to a point where he had enough. So he opened The CDH Group Inc.

My guest will be Jon Gilbert.   Jon has over 30 years of experience in the global telecommunications and Internet industries, developing a variety of successful online business-to-business services.  He is currently Chief Operating Officer of EnovativeTV, Inc., an IPTV distributor of global, multi-cultural television and radio.  He is the founder of Videotex, a provider of ecommerce, news, entertainment and other interactive applications.   In the past, he was Chief Technology Officer at IBNET, Ltd, a startup that built in partnership with IBM and a consortium of international Chambers of Commerce, a secure, business-to-business international marketplace.   He was also the publisher of a seasonal online entertainment magazine.   As a long term supporter of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Jon is a member of several committees and recently organized the successful Diversity in the Workplace panel discussion hosted by Microsoft.

My guest will be Jeanne Omlor. Jeanne is a Business and Life Coach, whose passion is helping entrepreneurs to remove the roadblocks standing in the way of their highest success and fulfillment, to help them skyrocket their businesses and create the life they really want. She has lived and worked in many different countries and has a varied background as a fashion designer, actress, filmmaker and top executive recruiter for high-level Wall Street professionals.

My guest will be Elizabeth Kiehner.  Elizabeth believes in setting people up to succeed; that includes clients, colleagues and as a mother of two -- future generations. With a focus on strategy, Elizabeth is expert at adapting to the perpetually changing media landscape.  She is a one-of-a-kind collaborative force with a passion for design and digital storytelling.

With three and a half years of agency experience in Chicago and LA, Elizabeth jumped head first into the entertainment industry with Trollback + Co in New York, helming rebrands and campaigns for HBO, Showtime, AMC, CBS and AOL, as well as project-based work for Nike, Sony and Fidelity.  After doubling the revenue of design studio, Freestyle Collective, she, along with partners Scott Matz and Justin Meredith, created the vision for Thornberg & Forester which has grown to a bicoastal studio with clients worldwide. 

Elizabeth's talents have paved the way to speaking engagements at global conferences including Cannes, SxSW, CES and Promax BDA.  She is a contributing writer for Women 2.0 and an active board member in several industry organizations.

My guest will be Scott Seltzer.  Scott is an entrepreneur with over 23 years of experience in founding and managing successful service oriented companies. He is currently the President/founder of ConnectMe,LLC (www.connectmevoice.com), a leading provider of cloud-based telecommunications services to the small to medium sized business communities. In the past, he has served as Chief Technology officer for GoSolo Technlogies, and founder/President of American Voicemail Network inc. (a pioneer in outsourced voicemail and custom IVR services). Prior to founding American Voicemail Network, he held various engineering, sales and management positions with IBM corporation.

My guest will be Nancy Ploeger, President of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce.  On February 6, Ms. Ploeger will be honored for her 20 years of service to the Manhattan business community at a special event hosted by ConEdison.  During this program we will review the changes that have taken place in Manhattan over the past two decades, from the perspective of business owners, and consider what the future holds.

My guest will be Susan Farina, the owner of Luxury Leash of Lower Manhattan. Luxury Leash offers dog walking, pet sitting, house sitting, light grooming, vet runs and just about any help clients may need to care for their pet. The business was born out of a passion to make a difference in the lives of animals.  Located on East 22nd Street they serve mainly Lower Manhattan up to Midtown, however there are always exceptions.

My guest will be Ruth Gantman.  Ruth is a certified Holistic Health Counselor and a member the Association of Drugless Practitioners. Ruth has successfully transformed many lives through her coaching practice, Nurtured By Nature.  She has helped clients reverse high cholesterol, reduce diabetes medication, lower high blood pressure, and lose weight and keep it off. 

Ruth has worked with doctors to create Menopause Symptoms and Solutions, a website offering women advice about the changes to the body during menopause. She has an MFA from NYU and has counseled and taught for over 20 years.