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About Amber Technology
Amber Technology came to life in 1996 under some very interesting circumstances. My name is Cindy Van Komen, one of the owners of Amber Technology LLC. My mother, Pat Griffiths, and I started Amber Technology to provide a way for us to earn an income and yet remain at home where we could take care of our families. We originally intended the company to sell office supplies and computer parts. In fact, we had already obtained our business license and contacts to do so. But it was then that fate intervened.
My daughter's puppy came down with Parvo, a viral disease that is usually fatal to dogs. We took little Simba to the vet where we were told he would die. My daughter could not accept this fate and pleaded with my mother to create an herbal solution that might save him. My mother had, over the years, developed quite an ability in the area of herbal treatments. Pat could not deny this request of her granddaughter and set out to create an herbal remedy that might help.
We gave her creation to the puppy, and beyond all hope, he didn’t die, but rapidly recovered. Our vet was astonished, and based on his reaction, we wondered if we had come across something special. We had a vet ask for some of the herbal solution to test. He had two dogs he was going to put to sleep, because of their advanced state with Parvo, and he wanted try it on them. One dog died but the other lived! The vet told us the one who died was nearly dead when he gave it the treatment. We found more dogs with Parvo and other intestinal dysfunctions in our local area, and when given my mother's herbal solution, they all recovered. We were excited! Here was something we could make, and provide to the world, and feel good about. We really didn’t have much of a passion for office supplies anyway!.
Once we decided to go ahead, we knew the big challenge was how to market it. Our attorney made it clear that we couldn't sell Parvaid as a cure. To do that we would need FDA approval. We investigated the process of attaining FDA approval and discovered, just like any other government process, the red tape and expense was more than we (the average citizen and small business) could bear. We tried to get our vets to provide testimonials but because of the FDA situation and the laws governing 'Community Accepted Practices' they wouldn't. After discussing the problem with our attorney and veterinarians we decided to sell Parvaid as a food supplement that may help Parvo victims recover. We decided to get as many testimonials as possible and let Parvaid speak for itself. So we proceeded and grew at a rate of almost 60% per year, driven primarily by the word of mouth of grateful pet owners.
That was back in the beginning in 1996. Today we have a thriving business with almost 400 dealers nationwide, over 20 distinct products, and a fantastically positive base of “raving fans” out there whose animals have benefited from Parvaid and the other products we developed later. It seems my mother, Pat, was able to duplicate the results she achieved with Parvaid, many many times over!
The herbal, technical genius behind Amber Technology is Pat Griffiths. Pat had plans of going to college after high school, to become a Pharmacist. But she fell in love and married instead. She didn't, however, let that stop her from learning. Pat is an avid reader and has read many books on medical sciences and microbiology. Along the way she became interested in herbs and has studied them in great detail. Pat especially read the writings of herbologists who have been tapping the healing attributes of nature’s plant life for centuries. The body of herbal literature documents well what benefits are attributable to every herb to be found on God’s earth.
Cindy Van Komen
