Speakers
Events during HTW feature leaders from Hawaii and the global tech industry, ranging from unicorn YC founders to leading investors and executives. Here are some of them.
PAST SPEAKERS
Grant Demaree
CEO & Founder
Onebrief
Alex Fielding
CEO & Co-Founder
Privateer Space
Chenoa Farnsworth
Managing Partner
Blue Startups
Joey Aquino
Venture Partner
Builders VC
Christine Maii Sakuda
CIO
State of Hawaii
Moses Goods
Actor
Chief of War
Kevin Miyashiro
CEO
Pacific Impact Zone
Donavan Kealoha
Managing Director
Startup Capital Ventures x SBI Fund
Ellen Ng
Founder
Inoa.ai, Pacific Blockchain Summit
Aaron Davis
Founder
Metamask
Mark Munoz
Managing Partner
OM Venture Capital
Rick Blangiardi
Mayor
Honolulu
Zack Hernandez
CEO & Founder
AEP Hawaii
Miki Hardisty
CEO & Founder
Olelo Intelligence
Corey Goff
CTO & Co-Founder
Reef.ai
Akemi Hiatt
CMO & Owner
Hidden Gears
Trung Lam
CEO & Executive Director
HTDC
Gabriel Yanagihara
Emerging Technologies Teacher
Iolani
Loretta Chen
CEO & Founder
Smobler
Austin Yoshino
CEO
Anja Health
Hoala Greevy
CEO & Founder
Paubox
Jennifer de Rose
Founder
Hawaii Women in Tech
Logan Lau
Investment Professional
Blackstone
Kimarie Matthews
EVP, Head of AI
Bank of Hawaii
Chris Hein
Field CTO
Google Public Sector
Kevin Mukai
COO
Hohonu
Melissa Uhl
Chief Growth Officer
Elemental Impact
Ed Barnabas
VP & Indo-Pacific CTO
Booz Allen
Alexia Akbay
CEO & Founder
Symbrosia
Koa Chang
AI & CS Student, ex-Tesla AI
Stanford University
Meli James
President
Hawaii Venture Capital Association
Chad Conway
Founding Partner
981.vc
Leila Banijamali
Co-Founder & CEO
Symbium
Sage Ke'alohilani Quiamno
Angel Investor
Fmr. Amazon Prime Video & Studios
Jason Giffen
Chief Innovation Officer
Port of San Diego
Jennifer Ablan
Managing Editor
Hawaii Business Magazine
Robert Redding
CTO
Hawaii Medical Service Association
Josh Brewer
VP of Design
Jasper.ai
Leimomi Bong
Full Stack Developer
Purple Maia
Ian Kitajima
President
PICHTR
Shayne Wolfe
Investments Manager
Liliʻuokalani Trust
Michael Ching
Head of Treasury & Operations
Aptos Foundation
Jarrett Keohokalole
State Senator
Hawaii
Nancy Xiao
President
Mason
James Lin
VP of IT
Hawaii Pacific Health
Roseann Freitas
CEO
Building Industry Association of Hawaii
Mike von Fahnestock
Senior Program Manager
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Rob Barreca
CTO & Co-Founder
FarmLink Hawaii
Jackie Ostlie
GTM Leader
Google Cloud Learning
Adam Palmer
CISO
First Hawaiian Bank
Guy Kawasaki
Chief Evangelist
Canva
David Hijirida
Fmr. Director
Amazon
Olin Kealoha Lagon
CTO & Co-Founder
Shifted Energy
Dustin Shindo
CEO
Mehana
Glenn Wakai
State Senator
Hawaii
Ashten Akemoto
Co-Founder & Chief Engineer
Normal Robotics
Sonia Romero
Executive Director
ThriveHI
Josh Brewer
VP of Design
Jasper.ai
Dane Wicker
Deputy Director of DBEDT
State of Hawaii
Tiffany Huynh
Sr. Director of External Affairs
Elemental Impact
John Gleeson
Founder & GP
Success Venture Partners
Peter Dooher
SVP of Digital
Servco Pacific
Omri Mor
CEO & Founder
Routable
Aaron Kagawa
Director of Platform Engineering
Kentik
Isar Mostafanezhad
Founder & CEO
Nalu Scientific
Aaron Holm
Founding Partner
Helix
Tracy Lawrence
Fmr. CEO & Co-Founder
Chewse
Kia Yang
President
UH Student Venture Fund
Beau Monday
CISO
Punahou
Gavin Steele
Director of Product
ALTRES
Jacqueline Hall
CEO & Founder
Maiven Energy
Forest Frizzell
CEO & Co-Founder
Shifted Energy
Brent Grimes
CEO & Founder
Reef.ai
Thiago Alvarez
Creator of Open Banking Brazil, Fmr. CEO & Cofounder
GuiaBolso
Nathan Wenzel
Fmr. Founder & CEO
SimpleLegal
Greg Rocheleau
CEO
Makai Ocean Engineering
Ryley Higa
Machine Learning Engineer
SumoLogic
Jeremiah Ana
President
Young Brothers
Deena Tearney
Founder & CEO
Pacific Point
Aja Grande
Associate Development Director
KCC @ UH Foundation