The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) has filled another critical executive leadership position. Long-time IT executive Guy Moriwaki has joined OHA as the organization’s Office of Technology Services director, effective May 16.
As IT director, Moriwaki will oversee OHA’s technology operations and projects and guide the organization’s overall technology direction. This includes the development, execution, support and evaluation of OHA’s IT systems, designing and implementing IT strategies for OHA’s infrastructure and platforms, and identifying and eliminating IT security risks.
Moriwaki comes to OHA with more than 40 years of experience in information technology. Before joining OHA, he most recently served as the senior manager of information technology at Hawaiʻi Gas where he led technology and security initiatives that supported capital improvement projects across the pae ʻāina.
Prior to that, Moriwaki was with Oʻahu Transit Services for 31 years, serving as its director of information technology for the last 26 of those years, leading numerous enterprise-wide initiatives and modernizing critical infrastructure systems. His IT experience includes application development, network engineering, cybersecurity, SaaS solutions, telecommunications and Microsoft technologies.
Moriwaki reports to OHA Chief Operating Officer Kēhaulani Puʻu.
“Nui koʻu hauʻoli i ko Guy hana ʻana me mākou ma ke Keʻena Kuleana Hawaiʻi (I am delighted to have Guy working with us at OHA),” said Puʻu. “He comes with years of technology experience in both government and private agency settings and has worked with large and small teams.
“His knowledge and experience will help us to strengthen and better safeguard our current IT systems, while also bringing new and innovative technologies to help us carry out our work with greater efficiencies. I can already see his passion, enthusiasm, critical thinking and problem-solving skills at work here at the organization. I look forward to the contributions he will make to support OHA’s work on behalf of our Kānaka ʻŌiwi.”
“I am excited to apply my experience towards advancing OHA’s mission,” Moriwaki said. “Throughout my career I have long been guided by the belief that the strategic use of technology can empower our communities and improve the ways that we can serve our lāhui.”
A graduate of Kamehameha Schools Kapālama, Moriwaki has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and computer information systems from Hawaiʻi Pacific University.
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