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The ten-month program consists of five-graduate courses. Each course is mediated by a knowledgeable faculty member and augmented by visiting lecturers from many fields and professions.
Up to twenty-five professionals will be accepted into the TIRM Graduate Certificate Program. This size provides an optimal balance between diversity of backgrounds and interests, opportunities for interpersonal and creative collaborations. Emphasis is on individual developmental experiences shared with other participants, networked learning, and participant relationships.
The TIRM program is strenuous and demanding however the graduates of the program benefit from an expanded network of colleagues in the ICT industry and enhanced knowledge, skills and abilities in the rapidly changing field.
Prospective Candidates
The TIRM Program is particularly suitable for professionals or students with experience and/or current responsibilities in communication and information technologies and services and have shown leadership or leadership potential in the management of communication and information resources.
Hybrid Learning Formats
The courses are delivered in asynchronous and synchronous modes using interactive video teleconferencing, video streaming, and the Internet.
The hybrid courses enable flexibility for participants to attend class on-campus or from remote locations. Students participating from remote locations require a H.323 video teleconferencing system. All participants require an Internet connection for access to on-line course materials.
Teaching Faculty
The University graduate faculty come from diverse disciplines and are selected on the basis of teaching ability, expertise, commitment to the goals of the Program, and sensitivity to the participants' needs.
TIRM Faculty (Alphabetical
order by last name)
Dr.
Dineh Davis
Associate Professor
School of Communications
UHM |
Ms. Christina Higa
Director
PEACESAT |
Mr. Kaina Lingaton
Senior ICT Specialist
Telecommunication and Information Policy Group (TIPG) |
Dr. Richard Miller
Senior Researcher
Strategy Research Institute |
Dr. Norman Okamura
Faculty Specialist
Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) |
Dr. Dan Wedemeyer
Professor
School of Communications
UHM |
Garret Yoshimi
Telecommunications Manager
Information Technology Services
UH |
Dr. Phil Bossert
CEO
High Technology
Development Corporation (HTDC) |
Guest Speakers (Alphabetical
order by last name)
Dr. Faye Alailima-Rose
co-CEO and CTO, Blue Sky, American Samoa
Dr. Brendan Barrett
Director, Director, Media Studio, United Nations University
Mr. Scott Belford
Director, Hawaii Open Source Education Foundation (HOSEF)
Mr. Brian Caldwell
Consumer Counsel, CNMI Commonwealth Telecommunications
Commission
Mr. Leighton Chong
Intellectual Property and Patent Attorney, Godbey Griffiths Reiss & Chong
Mr. Richard Cox
Director, Office of Technology Transfer and Economic
Development (OTTED)
Dr. James Dator
Director, Hawaii Research Center for Future Studies
Mr. John Day
President, Pacific Data Systems (PDS), CNMI
Ms. Susan Eichor
Former VP Customer Service, Verizon Hawaii/ Consultant in Pacific Islands
Mr. Frank Fukunaga
President, Mele Pacific Inc.
Dr. Meheroo Jussawalla
Senior Fellow Emerita, East-West Center
PhD, economics, Osmania University, India
Mr. Kepano Kekuewa
Business Development Manager, Oracle
Mr. Matt Kobayashi
Director of Business Development, Aero Vironment
Mr. Jim LaClair
Former VP Network Services, VerizonWest
Mr. James Livingstone
Assistant Attorney General, CNMI Commonwealth Telecommunications
Commission
Mr. Dale Moyen
Manager of eTelehealth, Hawaii Pacific Health
Mr. Virendra Nath
President, Honolulu Data Entry Project (HDEP) International
Dr. Hae Okimoto
Director, Academic Technology Services Information Technology Services, University of Hawaii System
Mr. John Strom
Enterprise Honolulu
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