Experience

Hawaii Baptist Foundation

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President & CEO

  • Oct 2015 - Present

  Hawaiian Islands and the Pacific The Hawaii Baptist Foundation serves the SBC churches and institutions by managing their financial investments, serves the SBC ministries by overseeing endowment funds, and serves Christian stewards by helping them support important Christian causes.



Hawaii Kai Church

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Pastor/Elder Chairman

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2015

  Honolulu, HI Received the undeserved privilege of serving as executive pastor in our local church. Oversaw church operations for four years without a senior pastor. Serving alongside a team of elders, recruited pastoral assistance from across the SBC, and experienced a time of church growth.



AKG Consulting LLC

• United States
• Human Resources Services

• Owner

  • 2002 - Dec 2013

  U.S.-Wide Placements Founded an executive search boutique practice which engaged clients that included IBM Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, Oracle Corporation, Omnicom Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Pacific Gas & Electric Company, ASUS Computer International, and select Silicon Valley startups. Focused on high-technology leadership searches. Placed professionals across the United States, and in Canada, Japan, Taiwan, and Morocco.



KPMG LLP

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations

• National Partner

  • Jul 1995 - Nov 2001

  Silicon Valley/Los Angeles Led KPMG's High Tech Workforce Solutions national practice, a business unit focused on finance and accounting, business intelligence, and human resources. Managed a team of 135 partners and consultants that deployed Oracle, SAP and PeopleSoft ERP solutions for the High Tech market. Oversaw solution partner relations and solution development teams with strategic software alliance partners. Under his leadership, the firm established new solutions in eProcurement with Ariba, Inc. (now… Show more Led KPMG's High Tech Workforce Solutions national practice, a business unit focused on finance and accounting, business intelligence, and human resources. Managed a team of 135 partners and consultants that deployed Oracle, SAP and PeopleSoft ERP solutions for the High Tech market. Oversaw solution partner relations and solution development teams with strategic software alliance partners. Under his leadership, the firm established new solutions in eProcurement with Ariba, Inc. (now SAP AG) and Professional Service Automation/PSA/ESA with Niku Corporation (now CA Technologies, Inc.). Won and oversaw the engagement with PeopleSoft (now Oracle) to convert their accounting and HR applications from English to Kanji for the Japan market. On the executive team that managed KPMG's 650-member $400M High Tech practice. Founding partner of KPMG Consulting and participated in its initial public offering (IPO) in 2001.

• Managing Director

  • Jul 1995 - Nov 2001

  Silicon Valley/Los Angeles See above notes for KPMG LLP.



BearingPoint, Inc.

• Managing Director

  • Jul 1995 - Nov 2001

  Silicon Valley/Los Angeles See above notes for KPMG LLP.



Oracle Corporation

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager - Hawaii Operations

  • 1992 - 1995

  Hawaiian Islands



Hewlett-Packard Company

• Switzerland
• Information Technology & Services

• Sales Representative

  • 1983 - 1992

  Silicon Valley/Hawaii