Six principles
in action for a better,
innovative Hawaii
How We Do It.
Collaborate
TRUE allows competitors to become collaborators, creating an open environment giving Hawaii’s businesses a platform to share their work so local consumers and businesses can quickly benefit.
Cultivate
By coming together, we can increase Hawaiʻi’s technology literacy across industry sectors resulting in job creation and opportunities for higher wages.
Community
TRUE’s efforts extends broadly into the community, engaging with our committee organizations, state agencies, students and local businesses to collaborate and solve problems.
Learn
Learn key insights and pain points through real-life use cases, roundtable discussions, presentations, hands-on workshops, workforce development initiatives and other events.
Network
Meet with change-makers who are driving the adoption and use of tried technologies to benefit and grow Hawaiʻi’s organizations.
Empower
Developing real-life solutions that yield measurable results will enable Hawaiʻi to quickly adopt and benefit from digital transformation.
Our Hub
The Entrepreneur’s Sandbox, a project by the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, is TRUE’s hub for collaboration and provides a space for innovators from all disciplines in the public and private sectors to work together to leverage each other’s strengths.
Who We Are
TRUE is a nonprofit made up of a committee composed of a diverse group of change agents that serve as leaders in their industries and community.
Leadership
Board of Directors
Rick Hopfer
Chairman, TRUE
SVP & CIO, HMSA
Edward Ontai
Vice Chairman, TRUE
President, DataHouse Consulting
Manny Edmondson
Treasurer, TRUE
Executive Vice President/Chief Technology Officer, Central Pacific Bank
Peter Dames
Director, TRUE
President & ceo, servco pacific, inc.
Kelly J. Ueoka
Director, TRUE
President, Pacxa
Deena Tearney
Director, TRUE
Founder & CEO, Pacific Point, INc.
William Kumagai
Director, TRUE
Executive Director, Transform Hawaii Government
Nicole Cacal
Executive Director
TRUE
Committee
Bart Beavers
Business Development Manager
NEC Americas
Michelle Cheung
Director, Technology Training
American Savings Bank
Jennifer Chun
Director, Tourism Research
Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority
Peter Dames
President & CEO
SERVCO PACIFIC, INC.
James Deane
Director, Research & Innovation
University of Hawaiʻi OIC
Ashley DeGeus
Director of Business Operations
TEKsystems
Manny Edmondson
EVP, CTO
Central Pacific Bank
Micah Ewing
Director, Innovation and IT Technical Architecture
Hawaiʻi Pacific Health
Rick Hopfer
SVP, CIO
HMSA
Jonah Kaneshiro
Director, Customer Strategy
American Savings Bank
Peter Lewis
VP & Chief Information Security Officer
Hawaiʻi Pacific Health
Harold Moscho
VP, CIO
The Queen’s Medical Center
Robert Muellner
Sales Manager, State & Local Government
Salesforce
Allen Nguyen
Account Manager - SLED
Amazon Web Services
Edward Ontai
President
Datahouse Consulting
Robert Redding
VP & Chief Technology Officer
HMSA
Steve Robertson
EVP & CIO
Hawaiʻi Pacific Health
Christine Sakuda
CIO
State of Hawaiʻi – Enterprise Technology Services (ETS)
Vassilis Syrmos
VP, Research & Innovation
University Of Hawaiʻi
Jim Takatsuka
Account Manager - Commercial
Amazon Web Services
Deena Tearney
Founder & CEO
Pacific Point, Inc.
Jimmy Tokioka
Director, DBEDT
State of Hawaiʻi
Kelly J. Ueoka
President
Pacxa
Our Supporters
TRUE is generously supported by Hawaii’s forward-thinking companies from a variety of sectors and together, provide a foundation for TRUE’s long-term value in the community.
Our Committee Members
Our Partners
University Involvement
