Arnold Kishi (Chair Emeritus)

Arnold Kishi has served on the Executive Committee for the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) at the Center for Internet Security for more than 20 years, most recently as Chair, and currently as an Chair Emeritus. In 2018, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the MS-ISAC -- the federally-funded trusted resource for cyber threat prevention, protection, response, and recovery for U.S. State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial governments.

Mr. Kishi is presently the governor’s appointee to the State of Hawaii Information Technology Steering Committee, a senior advisor to the State of Hawaii Chief Information Officer and Office of Enterprise Technology Services, and member, Information and Computer Sciences Advisory Board at the University of Hawaii.

Mr. Kishi’s extensive public service career working with executive, legislative, judicial, and Congressional branches, includes leading public policy strategy, technology innovation, and collaboration initiatives across federal, state, and local government information technology, emergency management, law enforcement, and homeland security programs.

Previously, Mr. Kishi served in the State of Hawaii CIO role as Technology Policy Advisor and Executive Assistant to the Governor; coordinated cybersecurity and emergency communications for State Department of Defense; managed justice information sharing for the State Attorney General; directed electronic government and digital services for the Department of Accounting and General Services; served on State e911 Board and State Workforce Development Council; developed programs as subject matter expert for the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center; and held senior administrative positions at the University of Hawaii, and the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West.

Mr. Kishi has served on advisory boards and national working groups on critical infrastructure resiliency, geospatial applications, cybersecurity, privacy, disaster communications, security information and intelligence sharing for NASCIO, NGA, National Guard, DHS, Coast Guard, United Nations, DOJ, and FBI’s InfraGard and Citizens Academy Programs.

Mr. Kishi holds many industry certifications and professional accreditations, including Certified Government Financial Manager and Certified Computing Professional. He completed executive leadership and management programs at the Harvard University Kennedy School, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security, U.S. Department of Defense Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, and National Disaster and Emergency Management University; and received his MBA and BA in Communications from the University of Hawaii.