Chavonnie Ramos

Hawaii

Staff Writer and Videographer at Hawaii Business

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David Lassner on Challenges, Finances, TMT and Calm at UH

Aug 5, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Chavonnie Ramos

David Lassner is stepping down as president of the UH system at the end of 2024, 11 years and four months after being named interim president. That’s a remarkably long run: None of his three predecessors had the job for more than five years. And the latest nationwide survey by the American Council on Education found that in 2022, university presidents had been on the job an average of 5.9 years.
Lau Hala Weavers Maintain a Hawaiian Tradition

Jul 22, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Chavonnie Ramos

Nā Lālā o ka Pūhala offers weekly classes on how to weave leaves from the native hala tree. Stacie Segovia’s kumu hula recommended that she learn lau hala weaving because she’s good with her hands. “I just fell in love with it,” says Segovia, shown standing. Now, she leads Nā Lālā o ka Pūhala, a community organization that offers weekly classes on how to weave leaves from the native hala tree.
How Teachers from the Philippines Help Students in Hawai‘i

Jun 14, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Chavonnie Ramos

Natasha Ubas had been a teacher in the Philippines for nine years and had never been abroad until last year, when she began teaching math and science at Samuel E. Kalama Intermediate School in Makawao, Maui. Almost immediately, her students questioned her capabilities. “My kids were literally telling me, ‘What the heck are you doing? You don’t know what you’re doing.’” Ubas recounts. Now, the students feel she does a good job.
Making Rum from Sugar Cane in Hale‘iwa

May 16, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Chavonnie Ramos

Kō Hana Distillery grows 34 varieties of sugar cane, which goes “straight from farm to bottle.” Kō Hana Distillery prides itself in owning the largest sugar cane farm in Hawai‘i and creating rum directly from the plant, says farm manager Jakob Dewald. “What makes us truly unique is we’re making our product straight from the juice of the cane,” he says.
GoLeanSixSigma Trains Teams Across the Globe to Quickly Improve Processes

May 16, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Michelle Tan |Chavonnie Ramos

2024 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: CEO and founder Karlo Tanjuakio operates his successful online training business from its Wai‘anae headquarters. Karlo Tanjuakio says he is a “problem-solver at heart” and has always been interested in helping people and businesses succeed. GoLeanSixSigma is the software as a service company he founded to do just that.
East West Marketing Imports Filipino Food Products with the “Taste of Home”

May 9, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Michelle Tan |Chavonnie Ramos

2024 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: Melody Calisay started selling dry foods from her car to support her doctoral studies. It’s now a $4 million business. Melody Calisay started importing Filipino food products because of her family. “I want to help my family in the Philippines,” she says. And by importing food products, “I can help them make money.”Calisay grew up poor and says her parents couldn’t afford to send her to her top-choice colleges.
Fixing Hawai‘i’s Deadly Roads

May 1, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Chavonnie Ramos

Speeding, drunk driving and other causes kill about a hundred people a year. Here is what’s being done to keep Hawai‘i’s drivers, pedestrians and bikers safer. Safety innovations – like artificial intelligence software, better designs, better brakes and driver-assistance systems – should make it safer for people inside and outside vehicles. Instead, in many ways, America’s roads seem to be getting deadlier, especially for pedestrians.
20 for the Next 20: Jason Thune, Hawaiian Telcom

Mar 28, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Chavonnie Ramos

The VP of fiber strategy and deployment is passionate about bringing high-speed, fiber-optic internet to the entire state. Jason ThuneVP – Fiber Strategy and Deployment, Hawaiian Telcom Jason Thune grew up on O’ahu wanting to be a pilot and, when the time came, he looked for colleges that offered aviation programs. But he did not meet the requirements, so he went with business, his backup plan.
This Century-Old Company Keeps Rolling Out Its Iconic Crackers

Mar 19, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Chavonnie Ramos

But have you tried Diamond Bakery’s ube, liliko‘i and Kona coffee shortbread cookies? Diamond Bakery, which has been serving Hawai‘i since 1921, continues to roll out new products while maintaining its iconic line of cookies and soda crackers. The recipes for Diamond Bakery’s soda crackers, cream crackers and saloon pilots have not changed since “the beginning of time,” says company President Butch Galdeira, who cites the importance of quality and consistency at the bakery.
20 for the Next 20: Kelly Miyamura, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Mar 19, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Chavonnie Ramos

As program officer, she leads the foundation’s education and employment initiatives, improving access to living-wage jobs.