​PANEL I

​THE INVENTORS

​JOHN OGAWA BORLAND - 6 US Patents, 2 Japanese Patent. (first patent 1990)

​OLIN KEALOHA LAGON - 12 US Patents (first patent 2007)

​HOALA GREEVY - 8 US Patents (first patent 2020)

​John Ogawa Borland graduated from Radford High School in Honolulu, before earning two degrees from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). In Silicon Valley he designed equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips. In 1996, Borland was Vice President of Strategic Technology at Genus when a press release of Borland's patent award resulted in a one day jump in Genus' stock by 25%.

​John Ogawa Borland has published over 182 technical and invited papers around the world. His 2 Japanese patents on Solar energy shifting and sharing issued in 2022 and 2023 are being used in the 2023 IEEE Molokai Humanitarian project for Native Hawaiian Homesteaders in giving Energy Equity and access to the internet to rural families who were living off the grid.

​Olin Kealoha Lagon is a Native Hawaiian social entrepreneur who grew up in Kalihi. Olin Kealoha Lagon has patented numerous concepts that have been used by millions of people around the world such as envisioning and co-launching the world's first online crowdfunding service (Chipin) which scaled to fund $100 million in projects around the world, with the inaugural crowdfunding event being a fundraiser for the Hokulea. His current series of inventions are deployed at his company Shifted Energy where they help grid operators balance supply and demand to accommodate more indigenous energy and lower operating costs, solutions scaling in the United States and abroad. Over 95% of Shifted Energy's deployments are in underserved areas including Hawaiian homestead communities.

​Hoala Greevy is a Native Hawaiian entrepreneur who grew up in Liliha Valley and graduated from McKinley High School in Honolulu. He is the Founder and CEO of PauBox, a software company providing email security for the health care industry. PauBox is based in San Francisco with over 7,000 clients nationwide.

​Why patents? Hoala Greevy's mission is for his PauBox to become the market leader for HIPAA complaint communications. His expanding patent portfolio is a data point supporting that ambition.

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​PANEL II

​TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

​COMMERCIALIZE YOUR RESEARCH INVENTION.

​Brian Glazer, a UH oceanography professor developed new technologies to allow for cost-effective environmental monitoring sensors that analyzed water quality In 2014. Today his company Hohonu provides flood monitoring sensors at hundreds of locations in 16 U.S. States.

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​Sponsored by: OFFICE OF INNOVATION & COMMERCIALIZATION

​University of Hawaii System.