STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1202

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 488

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 488, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Wireless Enhanced 911 Board

 

G.M. No. 488

GORDON J. BRUCE,

for a term to expire 6-30-2011,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee, and finds Gordon J. Bruce to have the necessary qualifications to be nominated to the Wireless Enhanced 911 Board.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Mr. Bruce's nomination from the Department of Accounting and General Services; the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu; the Department of Information Technology of the City and County of Honolulu; the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu; CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.; Outrigger Enterprises, Inc.; Anatec Hawaii; Skywave Broadband; Hawaii Pacific Health; Hawaiian Telcom; T-Mobile USA, Inc.; and one individual. 

 

     Mr. Bruce is currently serving his first term on the Wireless Enhanced 911 Board, having been appointed on April 21, 2005.  He has served as co-chair of the board.  He has over thirty years of experience in the technology and telecommunications industry, including direct experience with Enhanced 911 deployment.  Mr. Bruce has been a resident of Hawaii since 1979 and has extensive knowledge of the State's procurement process.

 

     Mr. Bruce is the current Director/Chief Information Officer for the Department of Information Technology of the City and County of Honolulu.  In this position, he is responsible for over one hundred technology systems, including payroll, public safety, human resources, voting, and motor vehicles.  He is also a managing member and owner of GJB & Associates, LLC, which does strategic planning and consulting for a variety of local businesses.

 

     Mr. Bruce's prior work experience includes serving as the Director of Administration and Information Services for The Estate of James Campbell, Director of Information Services and Manager/Senior Systems Programmer for The Queen's Medical Center, Computer Software Systems Specialist for Bank of Hawaii, and as a programmer and analyst for Corporation City of Toronto.

 

     Mr. Bruce holds a Master of Business Administration with Honors from Hawaii Pacific University and completed the Small Business Management Program at the University of Hawaii; and the Computer Science Program at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, Canada.  He is a Licensed Realtor Associate and a Certified Scuba Instructor. 

 

     His current community service experience includes serving on the board of directors of Seagull Schools, Inc.; a lecturer and Instructor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Pacific University, and the Japan American Institute of Management Science; a Co-founder of ThinkTech Hawaii; Co-chairperson of the Information Technology Council of the Hawaii Technology Trade Association; and a member of the Hawaii Technology Trade Association, the Fundraising Committee of St. Frances Medical Center, the Honolulu Board of Realtors, and the Fundraising Committee of the Domestic Violence Clearinghouse.

 

     Mr. Bruce is a past-chair of the Alu Like Hawaii Computer Training Center and the Man With a Mission Foundation.  He is a past-president of the Waimano Home Auxiliary/Kokua Mau Work Center; PCI Users Group and TIDMA Users Group of Dallas, Texas; and Travenol Users Interface of Chicago, Illinois.  He is a former director of the Dolphin Institute and former member of Catholic Charities Services for the Elderly, both in Honolulu.

 

     Your Committee believes Mr. Bruce's continued presence on the Wireless Enhanced 911 Board will prove beneficial for the State and its citizens.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

 

 

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair