INCUBATING A BETTER FUTURE FOR KAMAAINA

Aloha! I'm Rob. I live on Maui now. I grew up in Hawaii, mostly on the island of Maui (moved to Maui from Oahu at 5 years old), graduated high school in 1993, went away to college on the mainland, and did many interesting things all over the world for over 20 years before moving back home during the summer of 2020 at the start of the COVID pandemic. 

See details of my experience at LinkedIn,]. While there, feel free to connect and drop me a note (or use the contact form below).

808 Garage?

Houses are expensive and small in Hawaii so I have to work in my garage. Many of the greatest entrepreneurial endeavors originated from a garage. 

I partner with and/or invest in locally-based entrepreneurs, businesses (for-profit), and organizations (government and non-profits) to help accelerate growth in the collective economic success of Hawaii locals. I bring over 20 years of strategic, operational, and leadership experience spanning a variety industries/functional areas and org sizes from a dozen to tens of thousands. I apply the lessons learned during my career towards creating lasting scalable business and community value.

I am open to connecting about almost any opportunity in any and all industries/functional areas. For example:

• Want to figure out how to generate more leads for your accounting business? 

• Trying to expand your plumbing company to other islands? 

• Need investment capital and marketing strategy support to open a 2nd (or 1st) restaurant location or gym?

• Looking for ways to integrate AI tech tools into your operations to turbo charge your margin expansion?

• Want to build an international network of low cost IT consultants to deliver on your backlog of engagements? 

• Planning on retiring from your successful business but haven't been able to find a buyer? 

• Struggling with growing fundraising efforts for your local non-profit cause?

• You want to move back home but are not sure how your skills will transfer to the local market?

If you are either locally-based now (or are looking to create your own entrepreneurial venture enabling you to move back home), let's connect!

-rob