The Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) is a state agency created in 1983 to foster the development of Hawaii's technology industry.

Naming

The HTDC was established as the High Technology Development Corporation in 1983, but renamed in 2017 to more accurately describe its mission.

Responsibilities

The HTDC is in charge of Hawaii's Small Business Innovation and Research (SIBR) grants which provides funding to develop new technology that was started in 1988.

History

In May 2019, the HTDC partnered with BoxJelly to build

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, a co-working and entrepreneurship hub in

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. In January 2019, Len Higashi was named acting director after Robbie Melton stepped down from her almost five-year tenure as director and CEO. In 2018, the HTDC lost ~$800,000 of income when the Manoa Innovation Center went back under control of

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The Cyber Security and First Responder Tech Park

In 2017, the HTDC faced criticism for its plans to build a 150-acre industrial park focused on first-responders called the Cyber Security and First Responder Tech Park. The plans for the park allocated the Hawaii Office of Enterprise Technology Services about 4 percent of the park's total built area and about 5 percent for the HTDC itself. The park, which is to be built near an

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office, is the brainchild of Hawaii Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz.

References

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