Noemi “Mimi” Perez is a highly pragmatic problem solver and a born entrepreneur who has deployed and driven-to-success multiple startups that range from retail concepts to banking to comprehensive training and certification programs.

Throughout the years Mimi has developed a broad vision that combined with her drive and dedication, makes her a very effective strategist and implementor.

She has led buying offices in the US, LATM and Asia, and lived all over the globe, resulting in an expended vision of diverse markets and consumer behaviors. Noemi joined Next BDG in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2008 where she started her formal business development consulting days. In that capacity, for six years she lead MUNICIPIUM, a government relations department where she focused on improving peoples’ lives though technological solutions.

The combination of past experiences gave her the ideal foundation for one of the largest industries of the century, the Cannabis Industry. Hand in hand with the Health Department and the Economic Development Department of Puerto Rico she took the job of launching the Medical Cannabis Industry on the island. By using conventional and grass roots educational methods as her main tool, she worked to break stigmas and implement a medical cannabis program within the community.

From “Seed-to-Patients” her differing bilingual startups in the field have trained and staffed over 15.000 people including doctors, cultivators, manufacturers and dispensary technicians, as well as policy makers, in Puerto Rico and the State of Florida. Her resume includes 5 Editions of PRMedCannBiz with more than 60 speakers from all over the world; 24 faculty members at the Cannaworks Institute and offices in Argentina, Colombia, the Caribbean and Florida.

Today she is leading others into the future of technical careers and online education programs. Some of her brands include: Cannaworks Institute & Staffing, PrMedcannbiz and Hempbiz.

Noemi attended Tulane University in New Orleans. A Globetrotter at heart, she is mother to 2 handsome boys and a full time Cannabis Advocate. Currently, she is directing her projects based out of Winter Park, Florida. Most importantly, Mimi is always focused on moving forward within very specific and defined metrics to target her objectives and measure success.