Sister Merry is a dynamic organization, distributing sustainable construction commodities for industrial applications.

The industrial and medical hemp plant (marijuana’s sober cousin) is poised to revolutionize industry by taking the place of more toxic materials and putting us on a path to a cleaner, more sustainable world, says hemp advocate Amy Ansel. Noting the promise of hemp bioplastics that safely degrade, Ansel explains how hemp can also provide a cleaner, safer more sustainable substitute for paper, textiles, building materials, and even automobiles. From a 1500-year-old bridge in France made of hemp concrete to hi-tech autos that are lighter, stronger, and more fuel efficient, Ansel shows us how substituting hemp industrially can dramatically reduce pollution and conserve water resources while creating safer, stronger products. Amy Ansel had over two decades of IT program management experience at Microsoft before becoming an entrepreneur working to create a fresh and new program with purpose. She moved her attention to the industrial hemp industry, where her could employ her passion for sustainability. She has mapped her skills and systems over the budding agricultural industry with her partners creating various pillars serving a global agenda in sustainable economies. Amy enjoys trying new things, disruptive technologies/bio innovation, playing cards and solving puzzles. A native of the West Coast, Amy resides in Southern California, and enjoys spending time with her kids at the beach. Amy's TEDx talk was given at a Seattle TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

United Biofuel, a distribution company delivering Ford Biofuel to North America, ushering in a new paradigm in plant-based energy.

Served a long-standing contract as a preferred vendor to Hewlett Packard and Microsoft supporting the HP/Microsoft Global Alliance program for 14yrs.• Empower the business alliance with a product placement strategy that has saved each partner over $150 million in hardware and sponsorship fees through expertise in product placement and technical support. • Invent patent pending technologies: a sponsorship-trade auction-engine that applies to corporate commodities in trade-for-event marketing including an innovative digital signature mechanism. • Develop solutions for hw management, tech support and cloud hosting programs to the Microsoft tier one events, product groups, product launches and virtualization programs.• Provide exemplary service to the HP/Microsoft Global Alliance team, empowering clients with an award winning HW mgmt systems & hosting virtual environments. • Managed and negotiated our client's missions, creating win/win situations. • Established WinGear.NET as the program brokering tool to manage the pipeline between the MS and HP Global Alliance teams. WinGear.NET is the proxy for strategic product placement opptys between HP and Microsoft, supporting all product divisions and the top tier events and projects. • Develop and deploy technical solutions and services: VFAAS/VSAAS, hosted environments, global deployments, private/secure content management, hardware inventory management (60k+ assets), secure private access methods for disposable environments (training, testing & startups), enterprise custom server configurations, enterprise hardware, strategic product placement, sponsorship negotiations, event logistics, digital contracts for hardware orders.• Promote VSAAS and gain mainstream acceptance, supporting the system and method for on-demand cloning of virtual machines.• Operate a deluxe digital boutique offering digital marketing solutions for client engagement, B2B and B2C, and plug and play technology customers control and manage.

one of the first female voices on AM Radio reporting on the Business of Cannabis• Conduct live weekly broadcasts on KLAY1180AM to an average of over 70,000 listeners in a large competitive market.• Utilize exceptional market research and communication to engage listeners and generate interest resulting in a new audience base never created in radio history given the FCC restrictions on the topic of Cannabis, a federal "schedule 1" drug.• Research, collaborate, and conduct interviews with lawmakers, and the high-risk cannabis pioneers that have their sleeves rolled up and ready to answer the questions the mainstream has about the myth, stigmas and all the new policies in the cannabis industry. As a cohost it's rewarding to educate the listening audience - where some are in the industry, considering jumping into the industry and those outside the industry that have no reference to the cannabis-hemp plant or the emerging industry being build before our nation. • Interview state and local leaders and politicians creating policy and commerce in Washington State and across the target region to communicate trends and developments to the public.SHORT TERM PROJECT (Biz Tech Talk)• Research, collaborate, and conduct interviews with business and IT professionals to educate the listening audience on new and improved technologies available for their small to medium businesses. • Interview state and local leaders and politicians creating policy and commerce in Washington State and across the target region to communicate trends and developments to the public.

• Managed multiple high visibility projects in support of the WW Platforms division. • Strategized and executed overall media strategy, roadmaps and sponsor management activities for internal exec projects generating $11M in sales.• Coordinated contract mgmt activities and incoming/outgoing communications to execs.• Directed the “What’s new in Windows NT” project, effectively bridging the customers to the dev team.• Recruited, interviewed, hired web devs to create webs, created effective on-boarding programs with customized event content tailored to logistical & project needs including navigation & methods of communication, file transfers.• Compiled project data, generated effective post-mortem feedback, measuring progress and holding stakeholders responsible. • Managed and contributed to multiple company events including the Windows Division photo shoot, TechEd US, TechEd EU, Win 2000 Deployment conf in US & Geneva, Windows 2000 Launch, Windows 2000 Upgrade Room @ MGS, MGS event party, MTB.• Managed promotional and entertainment activities including ordering promotional items, F&B, coordinating security, press, executive staff schedules.• Marketed Win XP as a product evangelist, presenting & speaking on the Microsoft Carolina and Texas road-show tour. Articulated new fast & convenient features by on-stage demos, highlighting workability of platform.• Created strategies and sponsor docs describing offer, value & pricing framework.• Identified and engaged prospects, negotiated/managed contract terms in collaboration with legal reps of the company and sponsors, prepare custom docs for sponsor under contract detailing benefits and responsibilities.• Created a comprehensive "show bible" for clients, outlining expectations, schedule for deliverables/communications cadence.• Served as single point of contact for sponsors, communicated via weekly reports outlining news, events, statistics while ensuring deliverables were effective and within expectations.

Lead high performing, cross-functional/divisional often globally distributed teams. o Top-tier event management: 100+ speakers, session content, schedules, tech demos, sponsorshipso Planned and executed high visibility co-marketing partner programs: to name a few - Forbes Magazine expose, product launches, MS Tech Briefings, MS Studio projects, Dev team events and partner activities.o Strategize, execute media strategies, roadmaps & sponsor activities generating $11M in revenue.o Platform engineer for Windows division. Manage developers and vendors. o Event speaker with demos

• Responsible for OSHA meetings, monitor OSHA standards . • Analyze and create Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, Visio diagrams for team projects. • Organize office logistics, answer phones, schedule customer engagements. • Responsible for event logistics at the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Long Acres facility in Renton, WA. • Liaison with City of Renton, coordinating with the Mayor's office, responsible for team schedule, contributed to team mtgs with construction vendor, architects (LMN), interior design reviews, etc.

Supporting the admissions team with new student orientation, answering phones, office administration duties

Intern for the WPGEP team (Worldwide Products Group Educational Programs). Manage logistics for intern parties at Bill Gates home plus weekly "Friday Fest" party for buildings 16,17 and 18. Coordinate all resources for daily WPGEP training sessions located in conference rooms in campus buildings 16/17/18. Curriculum, speakers, students, registration, inventory, tech support. Supporting speakers, schedules, attendee RSVP, etc.