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Locked In with Ian Bick

Inside the Rise & Fall of a Meth Trafficker | From Prison to Finding Success In The Tech Industry | Shelley Winner

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.8745 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 208 minutes

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Summary

Shelley Winner, a former meth trafficker turned corporate success, shares her journey from surviving federal prison to making it in the tech industry. She opens up about her takedown, life behind bars, and rebuilding her future in a Fortune 500 company. Later in the episode, her husband joins to give his perspective on their journey and the power of second chances. #MethTrafficking #PrisonStory #DrugCartel #TrueCrime #SecondChances #LifeAfterPrison #TechIndustry #RedemptionStory Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Thank you to ORGAIN & PRIZEPICKS for sponsoring this episode! Orgain: For 30% off your order, head to https://Orgain.com/IANBICK and use code IANBICK.   PrizePicks: Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/IANBICK & download the app today & use code IANBICK to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup! Connect with Shelley Winner: Website: https://shelleywinner.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelley-winner-083385128/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swinnerwinner/?hl=en Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: https://www.ianbick.com/shop Use code lockedin at checkout to get 20% off your order Timestamps: 00:00:00 Shelly's Childhood and Family Life 00:14:02 The Real Nutrition for Gym Enthusiasts 00:26:32 Journey with Drug Use and Addiction 00:39:57 Arrest for Package Pick-Up 00:53:27 The Setup: An Unexpected Encounter 01:06:39 Legal Troubles and Sentence Reduction 01:19:29 Life-Changing Experience in Prison 01:32:39 Overcoming a Criminal Past: A Job Interview at Microsoft 01:45:34 Facing Job Interview Challenges 01:58:22 Overcoming Barriers: My Journey to Microsoft 02:11:40 Meeting Shelly: A Memorable Moment 02:23:51 Journey into Methamphetamine Addiction 02:36:51 SWAT Team Raid at Midnight 02:48:18 Legal Challenges and Guilty Plea 03:01:00 Overcoming Addiction and Building a New Life 03:14:23 Embracing New Beginnings: Overcoming Past Mistakes 03:26:40 Sharing Testimonies on YouTube Forever Powered by: Just Media House : https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Kelly, welcome to Lockton. We're here at Spotify Studios. We have a very special guest with us, your husband, who we're going to hear about this whole love story after later in this episode. And he's coming on the show as well. You and I met at the NARP conference in Nashville this past year. I think you came up to me after I spoke and we connected and we've been talking about doing this for a few months. So I'm glad we can make this happen. I know. Me too. Excited to be here. Yeah, you have such an incredible story. I mean, your resume for someone that has been previously incarcerated is pretty good. I wish I had that resume. Well, you've got a pretty impressive resume, too.

0:39.7

Yeah, I still got weird looks.

0:43.4

At least you can say you're a tech exec or, you know, all these accolades.

0:45.4

So, yeah, it's pretty cool.

0:46.8

But did you grow up in California?

0:50.9

Yes, born in Sacramento, born and raised in Sacramento.

1:00.8

And my whole life and grew up in the suburbs of Carmichael and graduated high school in 96 in Carmichael and yeah very kind of boring, plain life in Sacramento.

1:11.6

Never left.

1:11.9

Never left until I went to prison.

1:14.9

Well, actually, no, I went to Louisiana for a little while with my ex-fiance.

1:20.3

I lived there, tried to get clean for a little while, and then I ended up moving back.

1:25.7

Yeah, that was like me.

1:27.0

Although I never went to a different state,

1:28.5

I'd never left Danbury, Connecticut the whole time until I went to federal prison. I still have not

1:32.8

lived anywhere else except Danbury, Connecticut, aside from federal prison, which is why I always tell

1:38.9

people I want to move to a big city soon. Who did you grow up with? Was it, you know, your mom, dad, any siblings?

1:45.3

Yeah. So my mom and dad, actually, it was my real father left when I was around six months old.

1:53.0

And he went into the military. And my mom met my stepdad. His name was Ron shortly after.

2:02.9

And they got married.

2:08.0

And so he raised me, and he's all, he's all I've known as a father.

2:10.5

And then they had a kid together.

2:13.8

And so I have one sibling, half-brothers, names Miles.

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