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Officers & Board

Steve Sue, Shaka Guy

Steve Sue

CHAIRPERSON & BOARD MEMBER

Steve is studio head of ID8 Studios, producer of the documentary, “Shaka, A Story of Aloha,” and “Chief Lemon Head” at Project Lemon Tree and Lemonade Alley. Steve is an owner of SaaS Ventures, a software and website development firm and the author of SumoSum, a financial forecasting app. Prior to ID8, he was conceptualist, story guy and branding/art director in entertainment, real estate, foodservice, retail and casino resort development. For more, see stevesue.com

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Ryan Ozawa Bizgenics Board Member

Ryan Ozawa

CIO & BOARD MEMBER

Ryan is a native Hawaiian entrepreneur, community organizer and journalist who joined the ID8 team as an associate producer of “Shaka, A Story of Aloha.” He has co-founded startups and nonprofits focused on agricultural technology, public health, and civic engagement, and consults with Hawaii organizations on community building, public relations, and marketing.
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Jill Kuramoto

BOARD MEMBER

Jill is a communications professional who combines her expertise in journalism, public relations and video production in multiple roles. She is currently the Story and Content Manager at KHON2 News and an associate producer of “Shaka, A Story of Aloha.” With a passion for community service, Jill is a member of the distinguished Selection Committee for the Living Treasures of Hawaii.

Sean LaVau

BOARD MEMBER

Sean is a commercial real estate broker, private money lender and owner/operator of Buns Hawai’i, a food service enterprise.

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Riz Rahman

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Riz is a serial entrepreneur, product designer and software development manager with 20 years of international-standard software production experience. With a major in computer science and a minor in AI, he first coded and sold his first commercial software when he was in high school. Riz leads our international software development team, and has architected, engineered and delivered numerous successful products. His interests lie in building scalable, fault-tolerant, high-traffic, intelligent platforms. When he is not doing anything tech, he loves to read and travel.

Kimee Balmilero

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Kimee produces Hawaii Comedy Festival, an ID8 annual event and is the director of ImprovHI, a Honolulu-based sketch comedy group. She’s also a Hawaii born actor best known for her regular role as Medical Examiner Dr. Noelani Cunha on CBS’ “Hawaii Five-0” and “Magnum P.I.” Other professional credits include: The 3X Emmy Nominated musical children’s series “Hi-5,” the Original Broadway Cast of “Mamma Mia,” and the 2nd National Touring Company of “Miss Saigon.”

John LeBlanc

INTERNET TECH MENTOR

John is a veteran web technologist who has built huge sites right from the start of the Internet. He also sports a deep background in music, television and video production. He’s currently focused on helping businesses and individuals establish secure, sustainable and easily-to-manage online presence integrated with existing day-to-day business operations using modular web publishing tools, e-commerce, social media, open source software, slick APIs, localization, scalable cloud hosting and compassionate tech support.

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