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Kazuo Shirakawa
Kazuo Shirakawa (白川 カズオ) was born on October 12, 1948 in Seijo, Japan.

Family
Son of Sachie and Goro Shirakawa and sister to Yoshiko Townsend.

Education
Castle High School

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Career
9/24/73:  started at HECO

HECO (1st career)

1973 - 1983 - Corporate Planning Analyst in Corporate Planning Dept.  (reported to Ken Stretch)

1983 - 1986 - Sr. Corporate Planning Analyst

1986 - 1989 - Director, Rates & Load Research Division in Regulatory Affairs Dept. (reported to Barry Utsumi)

HEI (2nd career)

1989 - 2003 - Director, Strategic Planning Dept.  (reported to Bob Clarke, Dan Williamson initially, then Jack Blackburn, and finally Bob Mougeot) Assistant Treasurer for Pacific Energy Conservations Services

2003 - 2004 - Director, Financial Services (reported to Curt Harada and Eric Yeaman briefly)

HECO (3rd career)

2004 - 2009 - Director, Business & Economic Analysis for Energy Solutions & Technology group  (reported to Karl Stahlkopf)

2008 - 2009 - Board of Managers for BlueEarth Maui Biodiesel LLC (one of two Uluwehiokama Biofuels Corp managers)

2/27/09: official last day at HECO!

Also, a board member and officer of the Hawaii Economic Association since 1990 (president in 1995-1996, currently VP-membership ), and will continue active participation in "retirement."

"The thing I'm most proud of in my career is working with community leaders like Ed Carter, Roy Yee, Bob Kihune and Bob Mougeot while at HEI, to develop the business plan to convince the Navy to award the historic battleship USS Missouri to Hawaii as a memorial at Pearl Harbor.  That memorial is something that I think really contributes positively to our state and economy! "

Extra
Hobbies include golfing, surfing, and being a handyman. He just completed the Honolulu Marathon in December 2008.