{"id":7245,"date":"2010-06-05T03:26:21","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T11:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=7245"},"modified":"2010-06-05T03:26:21","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T11:56:21","slug":"pimp-my-contract-new-hawaii-consulting-firm-exploits-military-expansion-in-guam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=7245","title":{"rendered":"Pimp My Contract: New Hawai’i consulting firm exploits military expansion in Guam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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http:\/\/pacific.bizjournals.com\/pacific\/stories\/2010\/06\/07\/story4.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, June 4, 2010<\/p>\n

CommPac execs\u2019 new firm will focus on military<\/h2>\n

Pacific Business News (Honolulu) – by Linda Chiem Pacific Business News<\/p>\n

The top executives at Hawaii\u2019s largest public relations firm have joined with three retired senior military officers to start a consulting firm that will connect Hawaii businesses with the military in the Asia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n

Communications Pacific<\/a> Chairman and CEO Kitty Lagareta and President Christina Kemmer have joined with Eric and Victoria Olson and Crissy Gayagas to form First Canoe Strategies & Consulting.<\/p>\n

The idea behind establishing First Canoe \u2014 a name the partners chose to symbolize navigation, teamwork and wayfinding \u2014 is to help prepare local civilian businesses to take advantage of \u201cgame-changing\u201d initiatives already in play, such as Hawaii\u2019s role as host of the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference and the relocation of U.S. military forces to Guam.<\/p>\n

The partners, who have worked together on a number of different projects over the past eight years, say they\u2019re looking to fill a relatively untapped niche by acting as a liaison for companies looking for business opportunities with the military \u2014 lucrative contracts and grants, for example, that they might not know are even available, let alone apply for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/pacific.bizjournals.com\/pacific\/stories\/2010\/06\/07\/story4.html Friday, June 4, 2010 CommPac execs\u2019 new firm will focus on military Pacific Business News (Honolulu) – by Linda Chiem Pacific Business News The top executives at Hawaii\u2019s largest public relations firm have joined with three retired senior military officers to start a consulting firm that will connect Hawaii businesses with the military in … <\/p>\n

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