The Tekzar and I recently had a great discussion with Alan Ito, the current Chairman of the Board of the CIO Council of Hawaii. The council currently has over 130 members, representing most of Hawaii’s business and government sectors, who share a vision for improving technology adoption throughout those sectors in the State of Hawaii.
Specifically the council has spent the past few years working to understand the challenges educators face in Hawaii while trying to develop technology curriculum that will help Hawaii address its current and future employment needs. Education opportunities exist at all levels, according to Alan. He noted that Mid-Pacific Institute was a leader among education organizations that was succeeding with K-12 technology education programs.
The council also counts David Lassner, President of The University of Hawaii and Garrett Yoshimi, the university’s CIO among its membership. The council members work with the the university systems in Hawaii to provide mentoring as well as internship opportunities to students who are trying to asses they variety of ways they can enter the Hawaii workforce.
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