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DAVE KOZUKI
Dave Kozuki is the founder and CEO of People Bridge, which develops internet based software for building neighborhood communities. People Bridge moved to Hawaii from Silicon Valley in 2005.
Prior to People Bridge, he was the VP of Business Development and Sales at PacifiCall, a developer of telecommunications software for mobile phones and PCs based in Palo Alto. At Sylantro of Campbell, Dave developed strategic alliances with domestic and international device manufacturers to interoperate with the Sylantro VoIP application server.
As a program manager for the Net Generation group at IBM in Mountain View, Dave helped start the international Application Service Provider partner program ASP Prime. He ran a 5 store retail chain as its president and held sales and marketing management positions with Sprint, IBM and Pacific LightNet in Hawaii.
Dave graduated from UH Manoa with a BBA in Management Information Systems and Marketing.