Hawaiian Telcom is led by a strong, seasoned team with a wealth of communication, entertainment and other specialized expertise.
As Hawaiian Telcom’s first female president in its 140-year history, Su Shin stewards the company’s landmark investments topping $1 billion over the past 10 years to expand its future-proof fiber infrastructure across the state.
She is passionate about advancing Hawaiian Telcom’s mission to connect and empower our Hawai‘i, bridging the digital divide, and bringing the best in high-speed internet service to more homes and businesses. Under her leadership, Hawaiian Telcom has expanded fiber internet service to more than half of the state including the entire island of Lāna‘i and the vast majority of Moloka‘i.
Ms. Shin previously served as Chief of Staff, providing strategic counsel to company leaders and directing key projects and initiatives. Prior to joining Hawaiian Telcom as Director – Corporate Communications in 2013, she served as Senior Vice President at Bennet Group. She graduated from McKinley High School before receiving her bachelor’s degree from the University of La Verne in California.
Ms. Shin is committed to giving back to the community, serving on the Boards of the Aloha United Way, Bell Charitable Foundation, the Blood Bank of Hawaii and the McKinley High School Foundation.
Mr. Thune began his career at Hawaiian Telcom as a summer intern in 1998. Over his nearly 25-year career with the company, he has held key leadership roles in different areas, including customer operations, network operations, network planning and IT. Prior to being promoted to vice president in August 2022, he served as Executive Director - Fiber Strategy and Deployment.
To help bring fiber broadband to some of Hawai‘i’s most rural areas, primarily on the neighbor islands, Mr. Thune spearheaded projects to pursue federal grants from the Connect America Fund Phase II, Connect America Fund Phase II Auction and Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. His efforts led to Hawaiian Telcom securing $68.5 million to enable 23,000 locations in rural areas with fiber broadband.
Mr. Thune earned a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – College of Business, and an MBA from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa - Shidler College of Business.
He was recognized as one of the 40 Under Forty by Pacific Business News in 2017 and he is a member of the Pacific Century Fellows class of 2016.
Mr. Thune serves on the board of the Aloha Council, Boy Scouts of America.
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