Paubox Social Mixer in Honolulu (pics)

On Wednesday we held a social mixer at The Pacific Club in Honolulu. 

We invited customers, prospects, Paubox Kahikina Scholarship recipients, elected officials, family, and friends of Paubox.

The Hawaii Paubox staff was there as well, including Rick Kuwahara (COO), Becky Hathaway (VP of People Operations), Mountan Mitchell (Account Executive) and myself. 

See related: Announcing the 2026 class of Paubox Kahikina Scholarship recipients

My Takeaways:

• In today's remote work environment, people love in-person events
• Our customers gain peace of mind and security from Paubox
  
  

Enjoy the video and pics!

Pauboxers Rick Kuwahara and Becky Hathaway at the check-in table.

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Fred Noa (Principal, Blue Rock Partners) with the black-on-black Pausox

Taking a selfie with Thory Nicdao (Mental Health Kokua) and Mountan Mitchell (Paubox)

Left to right: Jon Sumida (CIO, Diagnostic Laboratory Services), Garan Ito (Vice President Business Development, DLS) , Ken Lincoln, (Director of Sales, Marketing & Communication, DLS) and Donavan Kealoha (Managing Director, Startup Capital Ventures x SBI Fund) enjoying the signature drink of the evening, the HG800.

Catching up with longtime customer, Tony Borge of RMA Sales

Two of our Paubox Kahikina Scholarship recipients made it, Brandon Diggs (ICS, UH Manoa) and Austin Cataluna (Mechanical Engineering, UH Manoa)

Darcie Yukimura (Director of Programs, Kosasa Foundation) listens as Nalani Kaku (Hawaii Technology Pathways (HTP) at Recurring Decimal) gives an overview of HTP and its mission to build sustainable technology career pathways that connect kamaʻāina professionals back to Hawaiʻi.

Catching up with Kristi Manguchei and her year-old new business, HERO 808.

My baseball teammates from McKinley High School, Randy Nakayama (left) and Al Estes.

Selfie with Miki Hardisty (CEO, Olelo Intelligence), a remarkable tech entrepreneur 

Rick Kuwahara (COO), my trust right hand at Paubox since the very early days.

Mountan Mitchell catching up with Laine Kohama (President, Gigaisland)

Russell Lau (CEO, Finance Enterprises, Ltd.) and my father in-law, Roger Lerud (Roger C Lerud, ESQ), coached soccer together back in the day.

Sophia McFadden (Account Executive, GuidePoint Security) went to high school with Mountan Mitchell (right)

Selfie with my wonderful wife Lisa, my son Moʻokai, and Roger

Left to right: Ben Wang (Principal, BlackSand Capital), Thomas Lee (Senior Vice President of Development, Hawaii Region at Hunt Companies), and Joon Yang (Mechanical Engineering Division Head, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard). My accomplished friends are all members of the Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Advisor network.

Cathing up with Kalei Akaka (Trustee, Office of Hawaiian Affairs) and Julie Reyes Oda (House District 40, Hawaii State Legislature)

McKinley crew representing. Tiger Team Pride (TTP)

Brandon Diggs (left) networking with Jon Sumida and learning more about Leap Start.

Native Hawaiians Miki Hardisty (CEO, Olelo Intelligence), Kekoa McClellan (Principal, The McClellan Group), and Ikaika Sheehan (CEO, Activiter).

Diana Carmona (Director of Catering, The Pacific Club) always takes care of us when we hold events at the club.

Peter and Kelsey Kim run R12 Consulting together. They have a handful of customers using Paubox forHIPAA compliant email, hopefully we can get all of them onboard :) Here's Brandon Diggs networking again. Nicely done, Brandon.

It turned out to be a beautiful afternoon for a Paubox social mixer at The Pacific Club.