TRANSFORMATION: A TALK WITH MARKETPLACE LEADERS
Speaker Biographies
Francis S. Oda is Chair of G70, an international architecture, planning, engineering, and interior design firm. He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University, and Doctor of Architecture from the University of Hawaii, and currently serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Hawaii. Francis is an Apostle of New Life Church, and serves as Global Chair of Transform Our World, a Christian movement in Europe, Africa, and North & South America. He and his wife, Caroline, have two grown children.
Yancey Unequivocally is Founder and President of Empowered Presentations, a presentation design firm that specializes in crafting custom tailored presentations to target and win over audiences. Winning the “World’s Best Presentation Contest” from LinkedIn/Slideshare, her company has empowered national clients such as Harvard, Red Bull, Cisco, iHeartRadio, and many more including numerous startup entrepreneurs from Blue Startups, XLR8UH, Elemental Excelerator, and Junior Achievement. She has won multiple awards, including “Top 25 Women Who Mean Business”, “Best New Business and Innovative Business”, “Top 10 Women in Business”, “Best in Small Business” and “Best Family Owned Business.” She and her company have also been featured in several articles at Forbes.com.
Timothy Yi has been President of SAMKOO Pacific, LLC and SAMKOO Hawaii, LLC since 2013. Under his leadership, two affordable housing projects in the urban Honolulu area are being developed. He has been a Youth Pastor for the past 22 years, encouraging youth to make the right choices with Christian values and become good leaders in their communities. He is also President of The Pathway International, which supports food, medical care and education for children in Cambodia and the Philippines.
Timothy was born in South Korea and immigrated to the United States at the age of 15. He graduated from Kaimuki High School, and attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa and San Jose Bible College. He then received his Bachelor of Theology in Christian Psychology from International Theological Seminary of California.
Timothy was born in South Korea and immigrated to the United States at the age of 15. He graduated from Kaimuki High School, and attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa and San Jose Bible College. He then received his Bachelor of Theology in Christian Psychology from International Theological Seminary of California.
Ryan Kalei Tsuji is the President and CEO of RKT Media Hawaii, a digital media company in Hawaii that produces video content for social and digital platforms. Tsuji is also a co-anchor with the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Digital Billboard Network, and for the past 8 years has served as a sports commentator for Spectrum Sports covering UH Athletics. Tsuji launched RKT Media two years ago, and in that time has built a client list of over 70 companies that include companies like Hawaiian Airlines, Bank of Hawaii, Hawaii Pacific Health and Kamehameha Schools. For his accomplishments, Ryan was recently named to Pacific Business News' 40 Under 40 Class of 2018. Prior to RKT Media, he was a morning news anchor/reporter for KITV4, served as the Director of Extension at New Hope Oahu, and also spent two years working for Governor David Ige as the Director of Executive Management.
“Who needs coffee when you’ve got Dawn O’Brien?!” Dawn is a self-proclaimed, “Big Mouth for a Big God” & has the rap sheet to prove it! She’s a speaking dynamo who travels the world. Today her passion is greater than ever: To ignite and inspire everyone — from keiki to kupuna, both men and women — for God’s Greatest JOY!