Meet the Primes Conference
Meet the Primes
Conference
Ala Moana Hotel, Hibiscus Room | April 11, 2023 | 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Presented by
A Forum on Subcontracting
It is anticipated that the Department of Defense will spend over $2 billion on work in Hawaii in 2023-2024. To meet the requirements of federal regulations and team with small businesses, large prime and sub-prime contractors are anxious to work with local small businesses. This conference is designed for those local small businesses to hear directly from large prime contractors about upcoming local projects, with the opportunity to meet one-on-one with prime contractors, federal contracting offices, and local resource partners. It is also a chance to network with other local small business on defense contracting.
Presentations
| 7:00 – 8:00 | Exhibitor set-up |
| 8:00 – 8:15 | Welcome remarks and acknowledgment of sponsors Gen. Mark Hashimoto, USMC INDOPACOM View Presentation PDF |
| 8:15 – 9:15 | Strategies Around Government Contracting Ryan Kanda, Deputy Director, NAVSUP OSBP View Presentation PDF Jayme Nagao, Deputy Director, NAVFAC Pacific OSBP View Presentation PDF Ailie Souriolle, Director, PACAF Small Business Program View Presentation PDF |
| 9:15 – 9:45 | DoD Insights from NAVFAC CAPT Cameron J. Geertsema, Commanding Officer, NAVFAC Hawaii View Presentation PDF |
| 9:45 – 10:15 | DoD Insights from Army Corps LTC Ryan Pevey, District Commander, US Army Corp of Engineers View Presentation PDF |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Large Contractors Panel Julie Hong, Indo-Pacific Operations Director, Jacobs View Presentation PDF Maurice Anstead, DMI and Army Markets Lead, Booz Allen Hamilton View Presentation PDF Neal Faradineh, Business Development Director-INDOPACOM, Peraton View Presentation PDF Dry Dock V CAPT Stephen T Padhi, Commanding Officer, NAVFAC PACIFIC Gerry Majkut, President, Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company Cedric Ota, Vice President, Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company Martin Lessard, Vice President, Dragados View Presentation PDF |
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Lunch |
| 12:45 – 1:45 | Navy OSBP presentation Arveice Washington, Deputy Director, DoN OSBP View Presentation PDF |
| 1:45 – 2:00 | Break |
| 2:00 – 5:00 | One-on-one meetings (Concurrent with the below presentations) |
| 2:00 – 3:00 | SBA/PTAC/SBDC presentation Hazel Beck, Deputy District Director, SBA View Presentation PDF Cynthia Yamasaki, Oahu Center Director, SBDC View Presentation PDF Micolas Ogawa, Counselor, PTAC View Presentation PDF |
| 3:00 – 3:15 | Break |
| 3:15 – 4:15 | Small Business Success Stories Lia Young Hunt, President, Goldwings Supply Service View Presentation PDF Christine Lanning, President, IST View Presentation PDF Kat Mashima, President, Mashima Electric View Presentation PDF Cariann Ah Loo, President, Nakupuna Services |
| 4:15 – 4:30 | Hawaii Defense Alliance Update Jason Chung, VP Military Affairs Council, COCH View Presentation PDF |
| 4:30 – 5:00 | Closing remarks |
| 5:00 – 7:00 | Networking Social |