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.
HTW 2025 SPEAKERS
Featured speakers from Hawaii Tech Week 2025
Grant Demaree
CEO & Founder
Onebrief
Alex Fielding
CEO & Co-Founder
Privateer Space
Christine Maii Sakuda
CIO
State of Hawaii
Joey Aquino
Venture Partner
Builders VC
Rick Blangiardi
Mayor
Honolulu
Kimarie Matthews
EVP, Head of AI
Bank of Hawaii
Chenoa Farnsworth
Managing Partner
Blue Startups
Melissa Uhl
Chief Growth Officer
Elemental Impact
Alexia Akbay
CEO & Founder
Symbrosia
Gabriel Yanagihara
Emerging Tech Teacher
Iolani
Moses Goods
Actor
Chief of War
Chris Hein
Field CTO
Google Public Sector
Hoala Greevy
CEO & Founder
Paubox
Aaron Davis
Founder
Metamask
Jason Giffen
Chief Innovation Officer
Port of San Diego
Meli James
President
Hawaii Venture Capital Association
Koa Chang
CS Student, ex-Tesla AI
Stanford University
Glenn Wakai
State Senator
Hawaii
Aja Grande
Associate Development Director
KCC @ UH Foundation
Kevin Miyashiro
CEO
Pacific Impact Zone
Donavan Kealoha
Managing Director
Startup Capital Ventures x SBI Fund
Ellen Ng
Founder
Inoa.ai, Pacific Blockchain Summit
Mark Munoz
Managing Partner
OM Venture Capital
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
Loretta Chen
CEO & Founder
Smobler
Austin Yoshino
CEO
Anja Health
Jennifer de Rose
Founder
Hawaii Women in Tech
Logan Lau
Investment Professional
Blackstone
Kevin Mukai
COO
Hohonu
Ed Barnabas
VP & Indo-Pacific CTO
Booz Allen
Chad Conway
Founding Partner
981.vc
Leila Banijamali
Co-Founder & CEO
Symbium
Sage Ke'alohilani Quiamno
Angel Investor
Fmr. Amazon Prime Video & Studios
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
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
HTW 2024 SPEAKERS
Featured speakers from Hawaii Tech Week 2024
Olin Kealoha Lagon
CTO & Co-Founder
Shifted Energy
Guy Kawasaki
Chief Evangelist
Canva
Josh Brewer
VP of Design
Jasper.ai
Ashten Akemoto
Co-Founder
Normal Robotics
Tracy Lawrence
Fmr. CEO & Co-Founder
Chewse
Peter Dooher
SVP of Digital
Servco Pacific
Nancy Xiao
President
Mason
David Hijirida
Fmr. Director
Amazon
Dustin Shindo
CEO
Mehana
Sonia Romero
Executive Director
ThriveHI
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
Omri Mor
CEO & Founder
Routable
Aaron Kagawa
Director of Platform Engineering
Kentik
Isar Mostafanezhad
Founder & CEO
Nalu Scientific
Aaron Holm
Founding Partner
Helix
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
Zack Hernandez
CEO & Founder
AEP Hawaii
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
Jennifer de Rose
Founder
Hawaii Women in Tech
Alex Fielding
CEO & Co-Founder
Privateer Space
Alexia Akbay
CEO & Founder
Symbrosia
Chenoa Farnsworth
Managing Partner
Blue Startups
Ellen Ng
Founder
Inoa.ai, Pacific Blockchain Summit
Hoala Greevy
CEO & Founder
Paubox
Joey Aquino
Venture Partner
Builders VC
Kevin Mukai
COO
Hohonu
Rick Blangiardi
Mayor
Honolulu