GOING FOR GROWTH LEADERS PANEL SERIES: MARKET, MANAGEMENT & MONEY. “GOING FOR THE MARKET" Distinguished Panelists: Dr. Francis Oda, Chairman, Group 70 International; Dew-Anne Langcaon, President & CEO, iHealthHhome, and Brian Hughes, General Manager, Uber Hawaii. Moderator: Debra Beresini, CEO, invencor, inc.

HiBEAM is presenting the Going for Growth Leadership Leadership Panel Series to address the issues that influence an entrepreneur’s capacity to grow the business. What would it take for businesses to develop and implement their strategies for growth and become world-class companies with global customer?

Three key competencies stand out that enable this: Knowing the market well and developing a strategy that is tested and honed; Leadership that is able to lead and manage the team; and the ability to harness funding via various vehicles including sales.

For "Going for the Market", three outstanding business leaders will inspire and inform the entrepreneurs about what they have done to identify and prepare to enter the markets; build and implement their go-to-market strategies; anticipate and overcome challenges and barriers. They will share their insights and experiences on being guided by a value system that governs decision-making for market growth.

American Savings Bank is a Sponsor of this event. Uber Hawaii will offer free first rides to first time Uber users, please go to the link https://get.uber.com/go/GOINGFORGROWTH

The Panel Series is for a general audience and will especially benefit businesses that are innovation-based with potential to scale and grow. Refreshments will be served.

Please contact: Bee Leng Chua at bchua@hibeam.org Tel: (808) 7226289 for answers to your questions.

ABOUT THE PANELISTS

FRANCIS S. ODA is Chairman of Group 70 International, an architectural, planning, engineering and design firm in Hawaii serving the Pacific Basin. He is currently engaged in projects in Tahiti, Sentul City and East Belitung, both in Indonesia and in Hawaii. These projects encompass city planning, tourism, housing, recreation, commercial centers, natural resource management, historic preservation and sustainability.

He received a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and a Doctor of Architecture from the University of Hawaii. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Hawaii, a Manoa Forum Fellow and a Distinguished Alumnus of the University.

Dr. Oda is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He received the 2014 ASB Business Leader of the Year Award from Pacific Business News. He was installed in the Hawaii Business Hall of Fame in 2001 and has received the Humanitarian Award of the Hawaii Chapter of the AIA.

Dr. Oda is Senior Pastor of New Life Church, Honolulu, a non-denominational Christian church located on the corner of Nuuanu and Beretania Streets. He serves as global Chair of the International Transformation Network, which is involved with transformational efforts in Africa, Asia, North and South America. He also serves on boards of Transformation Hawaii and the Hawaii Pastors’ Roundtable.

BRIAN HUGHES is the General Manager for Uber Hawaii and San Diego. Before Uber, Brian graduated from West Point and Harvard Business School and served as a Ranger-qualified Captain in the US Army in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Since joining Uber in 2014, he has led the Uber Hawaii team in launching multiple Uber products on both Oahu and Maui to connect users with innovative transportation options and flexible income.

DEW-ANNE LANGCAON is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of iHealthHome, LLC.She has over 20 years of healthcare leadership experience with over a decade in finance, operations and strategic business development in the healthcare industry, most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer for Hawaii Pacific Health where she was responsible for strategy, business development, mergers and acquisitions, research, risk management, patient safety and quality management. Dew-Anne was also a Certified Public Accountant with the international accounting firm Deloitte and Touche in the Honolulu Office until 1993. She is a Fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association and a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Dew-Anne was born and raised in Hawaii, graduated from St. Andrew’s Priory School and obtained her Bachelors in Business Administration and Masters in Accounting from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Dew-Anne maintains a strong commitment to the community and volunteers her time and leadership skills to many Boards in the community including: the Hawaii Science and Technology Council as its Chair; the American Red Cross, Hawaii Chapter as its Vice Chair; Aloha United Way as its Secretary; St. Andrew’s Priory School on its Board; Enterprise Honolulu on its Board.

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