Winter started her career in PR at A&R-Edelman working with large technology clients including Palm and Hewlett-Packard. She has placed major business stories in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Dow Jones and Forbes and in technology trade publications such as InformationWeek, CNET and eWeek. Her first client cover story appeared in CRNTech. She managed the editorial calendar program for the entire Hewlett-Packard enterprise account and helped execute launches that included more than 15 products at a time. In addition, Winter assisted with one of Palm's largest product launches in years at CES. She holds a BA in communications with an emphasis in public relations and a minor in Spanish with high honors from Washington State University.