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Stacy Francis

Company: Francis Financial, Savvy Ladies
Profession: Fee Only Financial Planner & Wealth Mgr.
PowerTeam: Finance
Phone: 212-374-9008
Email: stacy@francisfinancial.com

 

Stacy on Short Talk, discussing first steps if you are filing for divorce.

Stacy on CNBC's Straight Talk giving tips on filing your 2015 taxes,

Stacy on CNBC's Straight Talk discussing retirement investments.

Concetta Raz

Concetta Raz

Company: Upward On
Profession: Recruitment / Executive Search
Phone:  917-420-1515
Power Team: Commercial Real Estate
Email: concetta@upwardon.com
Business Address: 276 5th Avenue #704, New York, NY 10001
Website: www.upwardon.com

About Upward On:

An industry leader with over two decades’ experience in real estate management and recruitment, Concetta Raz has accrued a massive wealth of resources and relationships within some of New York City’s leading real estate companies. As Founder and CEO of Upward On, an executive search firm specializing in the real estate industry, Concetta brings a unique and customized approach to the arduous task of finding top talent. She began her career as a licensed real estate agent at Citi Habitats in 1998 which segued into a senior management role with the same firm, where she was employed for 16 years. In 2014, Concetta became the Vice President of Sales, Leasing and Marketing at

Manhattan Skyline, a prominent real estate development firm, where she oversaw their residential portfolio of 2500 units. She founded Upward On in 2017, because she saw a need for specialized talent acquisition within the real estate landscape. In addition to her experience in recruitment and business development, Concetta is also an accredited real estate instructor with the New York Department of State. When she’s not on the hunt for talent, Concetta volunteers at a local food pantry on weekends and loves taking her dog Betty Boop to the dog run with her 8 year old twin daughters, Ana & Sophie.

Simon Barcoe

Simon Barcoe

Company: Klaracon
Profession: General Contractor / Mechanical Engineer 
Phone: 212-882-3000
Email: Simon@Klaracon.com
Website: www.Klaracon.com


I am looking for referrals to:

Architectural firms, Structural Engineers, Building Management Companies, Developers, Landlords, Owners Rep’s.

About

My company’s specialty is: General Contractor with a systematic approach enabling precision and efficiency throughout the project. We have experience working on complex structural repairs in occupied buildings and providing solutions for logistically challenging renovations, such as lobbies, amenities and corridors where tenants continue to use and occupy their space for the duration of a project.

About me

As a mechanical engineering graduate from Trinity College Dublin, I have worked in various aspects of construction in New York City, including estimating and consulting. By 2012 I wanted to change the trajectory for how general contracting business are typically run. And so Klaracon was born. Our approach involves a more seamless, digitized and organized process. The end result for clients is a more efficient and timely workflow to ensure high quality results. The company's business is focused on commercial clients in New York City.

Tracy Clennon

Company: Compass
Profession: Nassau County Residential Real Estate Broker
Power Team: Residential Real Estate
Phone: 516-286-9124
Email: Tracy.clennon@compass.com
Website: Luxurywithinreach.co

Ideal Referrals:

Home buyers, home sellers, real estate developers/investors

Professional Bio:

Full service luxury real estate services for all steps of the real estate transaction.  Delivering luxury service at any price point.

Adrien Allred

Company:  Amalgam Architecture and Design
Profession: Architect
Power Team: Residential Real Estate
Phone: 347-277-1757
Business Address: 525 W 52nd St. #10DN NY NY 10019
Email: adrien@amalgam-a.com
Website: www.amalgam-a.com

Products and/or services offered:

Wholistic design, filing and construction administration

Ideal Referrals:

Property owners, contractors, realtors, interior designers

Professional Bio:

Adrien grew up in a family of small scale real estate developers on the west coast. He pursued and achieved his Bachelor's degree in Urban Design and then his Masters of Architecture in New York City.

Jac Zagoory

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Company: JZswag
Profession: Promotional Products & Corporate Gifts
Power Team: Business Services
Phone: 212-777-6003
Business Address: 32 Union Square East, Suite 608, NY, NY 10003
Email: JZ@JZswag.com
Website: www.JacZagoory.com

Products and/or services offered:

JZswag and Jac Zagoory Designs are dedicated to designing or sourcing unique items for virtual and in-person events; customer/employee appreciation gifts; trade show and company giveaways, and product launches. Clients include corporate onboarding teams, destination management companies, start-ups, schools, service professionals, and realtors. We also specialize in executive corporate gifts.

Our business is to help you promote yours with tangible branded goods!

JZswag: curated and creative swag.

Ideal Referrals:

Event planners, marketing teams, and onboarding teams

Professional Bio:

Trained Jewelry and Product Designer. Production, Project Manager, Marketing Specialists.

Jac enjoys riding his bicycle and motorcycle, and practicing yoga. He is the author of two books, one about vintage wrist watches and the other about vintage fountain pens.

Jason Barash

Company: Events Hospitality Group
Profession: Ticket Broker
Power Team: Business Services
Phone: 646-569-5748
Email: jason@eventshg.com
Website: www.eventshg.com

Products and/or services offered:

Tickets to live events - Concerts, Theatre, Sporting events

Ideal Referrals:

Travel agents, executive and personal assistants, and anyone who likes live events

Michael Blumenfeld

Company: Mile Square Insurance Agency
Profession: Personal P&C Insurance
Power Team: Finance
Phone: 201-687-9950
Business Address: 117 Washington St #300 Hoboken
Email: mike@msqia.com
Website: milesquareinsurance.com

Products and/or services offered:

Homeowners, Condo, Auto, Jewelry, Umbrella, Flood Insurance

Ideal Referrals:

New home buyers, people with homes or cars that want to make sure they are covered correctly

Professional Bio:

Our team puts their decades of insurance experience to work for our clients to get them the best coverage and pricing to protect what matters to them.

Elizabeth Eiss

Name: Elizabeth Eiss

Company: ResultsResourcing
Profession: Concierge Service for recruiting & hiring freelancers

Power Team: Business Services
Phone (Office): 212-709-8063

Phone (Mobile): 847-420-4708
Email: eeiss@resultsresourcing.com

LinkedIn: ResultsResourcing

LinkedIn: Elizabeth Eiss

Facebook: ResultsResourcing

Twitter: @Right_Result

Elizabeth is looking for referrals to:
Small/medium-sized businesses and non-profits (< 50 employees) who are:

1)    Short-staffed, growing or need specialized expertise.

2)    Open to supplementing their teams with skilled, vetted, virtual contract/freelance professionals (who don’t add to overhead).

About Elizabeth Eiss

I’m a results guru who gets work done well: a thinker, creator, planner, doer, people and project leader, process and systems designer and agile workforce specialist. We make it easy for others to get work done well too - using vetted, virtual freelance talent through ResultsResourcing.  

About ResultsResourcing

ResultsResourcing
Right resource. Right result. Right now™

ResultsResourcing is an online Concierge Service matching your organization with vetted, virtual freelance talent. We free you from the time-consuming labor of hiring freelancers - we do it for you! With our automated talent matching platform and expert human touch, we find, vet and curate independent contractors for you. And, your first freelance search is FREE!

We combine artificial intelligence with intelligent human assistance. How can we help you succeed?

Click to view our 80-second explainer video about what we do and how we do it.

Mark D. Friedman

Company: Halstead Property
Profession: Licensed Real Estate Salesperson
Power Team: Residential Real Estate
Phone: 212-381-2379
Email: mdfriedman@halstead.com

Biography:
The Friedman Rosenthal Team, one of Halstead’s most successful and popular teams, is made up of Mark D. Friedman and Richard Rosenthal, whose success is based on shared values, dedication to their clients, and the ability to make the process enjoyable.

Diamond Club, Platinum Club, Producer’s Circle, Gold Circle - Mark and Richard have achieved all of these distinctions on their own and together which makes their partnership so strong. “Our business is built on referrals, acknowledged successes, recommendations from vendors and associates and our natural ability to network effortlessly,” they say. “Just walk a block with us anywhere in Manhattan and see how many people know us.”
 

Mark and Richard offer the size and quality of Halstead with the personal attention of concierge. They are comfortable and familiar with any size deal and treat everyone equally whether it’s a celebrity selling a $18M home or a first time buyer getting the first studio. They are the perfect choice: a personal team who acts like a boutique firm with the backing and marketing arm of a top NYC Real Estate brokerage company.

Mark grew up in Fairfield County, CT where he spent his formative years and moved to NYC in 1986. Mark’s father is a retired attorney and his mother is a 30 year member of The Outer Critics Circle with her own radio show on WMNR in CT. Mark has two big brothers, Paul who works in DC for Every Child That Matters and Roger. Mark spent 15 years in the health and fitness field in sales and management mostly for Crunch Fitness where he learned the art of customer service and marketing and was the most successful sales manager out of 20 locations, eventually becoming the area director of 10 locations. “I must have had over 10K clients over the years.” Mark still lives on the Upper West Side with his wife, Maxine, a well-known jewelry designer and their twin daughters who attend LaGuardia HS and School of the Future.

Mark has made giving back a big part of his life and works with The American Cancer Society and is on the event committee of Taste of Hope. He is a proud supporter of Guiding Eyes for the Blind and is currently raising his second puppy to be a service dog; The Actor’s Fund and is a member of REBNY, SAG-AFTRA and AEA since 1991. Mark is a graduate of Yale Drama School (SP), Cushing Academy, Ithaca College and New Actors Workshop taught by Mike Nichols, George Morrison and Paul Sills. Mark continues to do voice overs for radio and TV commercials.

Richard grew up in Valley Stream NY, graduated from Union College and moved back to NYC in 1983. He has a background in finance, sales and customer service having been Regional Director of a large UK based Software Company on Wall Street. After 20 years on Wall Street, Richard joined Halstead Property in 2003 and has had a rising career culminating in 2012 when he was enshrined in the Diamond Club at Halstead Property honoring those agents who have made a single sale of over $10M.

Richard and his wife Stacy, President and Owner of Fischer Travel, have lived on the Upper East Side since 1983. Richard sits on the Board of Directors of Ramapo For Children, a not-for-profit organization that works on behalf of children, including those with special needs, enabling them to succeed in the classroom, at home, and in life. The two of them are quite active with Memorial Sloan Kettering and Breast Cancer Research as well as Cornell University where their son Max is attending the School for Hotel Administration.

Jacqueline Frank

Company: Guaranteed Rate
Profession: Residential Mortgage Lender
Power Team: Residential Realestate
Phone: 917-405-6661
Email: Jacqueline.frank@guaranteedrate.com
Website: people.rate.com/jacqueline-frank-45864

Products and/or services offered:

Financing for High Net worth Individuals

Ideal Referrals:

Realtors, Financial Advisors, Attorneys

Professional Bio:

VP of Mortgage Lending at GUARANTEED RATE

National Mortgage Lender

Licensed in 50 States

Deborah Blumenfield

Company: Graubard & Blumenfield, P.C.
Profession: Attorney
Power Team: Residential Real Estate
Phone: 212-447-0500
Business Address: 370 Lexington Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10017
Email: deborah@graubard-law.com
Website: www.graubard-law.com

Ideal Referrals:

real estate brokers, mortgage brokers and other attorneys that do not practice real estate law

Deborah Donenfeld

Name: Deborah Donenfeld
Company: Photosynthesis Coaching
Profession: Life Coach
Power Team: Health & Wellness
Phone: 917-848-4081 
Email: ddphotosynthesis@gmail.com
Website: www.photosynthesiscoaching.com

Ideal Referrals:

People going through difficult life transitions including divorce or breakup, loss of a spouse, retirement, empty nest, getting back into the workforce after a pause, etc.

Professional Bio: 

I have been working as a coach since 2011, helping people through challenging life changes and around communication issues. I help them to navigate life when it feels like the rug has been pulled out from under them, and to learn how to choose trust over fear. And I work with professionals who want to communicate more authentically and effectively with clients, co-workers, bosses and those they manage.

Melanie Fox

Company: Speech Fox
Profession: Presentation Training & Accent Reduction
Power Team: Business Services
Phone: 631-220-4478
Business Address: 135 Madison Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Email: melanie@speechfox.com
Website: www.speechfox.com

Products and/or services offered:

Accent Reduction, Dialect Coaching, Presentation/Communication Skills Coaching, Spanish Pronunciation, World Language Learning

Ideal Referrals:

Global HR Leaders (CHRO), Director of Talent Development, Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Leader

Professional Bio:

Melanie Fox is an acclaimed dialect coach and accent reduction specialist who helps non-native English speakers articulate clear business English and empowers performers to master dialects from around the world.

Through her brand, Speech Fox LLC, Melanie offers custom-tailored language lessons for English language learning. She customizes her classes to fit the unique needs of each client, based on his/her native language, English proficiency, personal goals, and business objectives. She designs her classes based on applications of principles in phonetics and phonology in a way that is accessible, practical, and enjoyable for clients. Melanie's expertise includes media interviews, business presentation skills, public speaking, and white-glove customer service for elite clientele. She focuses on pronunciation but can also incorporate grammar, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, TOEIC/TOEFL preparation, business writing, speech writing, sales pitches, customer service scripts, and other presentation skills upon request. She also coaches Spanish pronunciation for non-native speakers. Speech Fox lessons are available face-to-face in her Midtown Manhattan office or via live, recordable video-based web conference.