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Su Shin

President, Hawaiian Telcom

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Su Shin is Hawaiian Telcom’s first female president in the company’s 140-year history. She is responsible for advancing Hawaiian Telcom’s brand, managing the company’s external and community affairs, overseeing external communications, and strengthening the company’s culture and employee experience.

A strategist, consultant and implementer, Ms. Shin previously served as Chief of Staff, providing strategic counsel to Hawaiian Telcom’s president and senior leadership team, and managing and directing key projects and initiatives.

Prior to that, Ms. Shin, a seasoned senior strategic communications executive with more than two decades of experience, served as Executive Director of Marketing and Communications, responsible for all marketing execution and communications functions, including traditional/offline and online advertising, direct marketing, website management and development, social media, as well as strategic internal and external communications.

Ms. Shin joined Hawaiian Telcom in August 2013 as Director of Corporate Communications, managing the company’s employee and public relations strategies and activities, with a focus on improving employee engagement. Before coming to Hawaiian Telcom, Ms. Shin served as Senior Vice President at Bennet Group, providing executive leadership at Hawaiʻi’s fourth largest public relations agency. In this role, she was responsible for developing and managing a team of professionals focused on providing strategic communications counsel to many of the state’s most prominent companies.

Ms. Shin has extensive utility experience, having served as Chief Communications Officer at the Honolulu Board of Water Supply. She began her career as a broadcast journalist for KHNL-TV, Hawaiʻi’s NBC affiliate.

Ms. Shin graduated from McKinley High School before receiving her bachelor’s degree from the University of La Verne in California.

Committed to giving back to the community, Ms. Shin currently serves on Aloha United Way’s Board of Directors, the Bell Charitable Foundation, the McKinley High School Foundation, and the advisory council for the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Outreach College. She also serves as a member of the Chamber of Commerce Hawai‘i’s Military Affairs Council, the Hawai‘i Business Roundtable, and Hawai‘i Green Growth’s Sustainability Business Forum.

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Be the Revolutionary: Unconventional Strategies for Success

July 20, 2024, 01:00 AM
John Leong Ryan Kusumoto Su Shin Unyong Nakata Stijn Spaas Emily Reber Porter