What Happened?
Honolulu, HI-based Hawaiian-Telcom Appointed Sunshine Topping as Vice President - Human Resources
About the Company
Over the last two decades our mission has evolved dramatically. First in the area of communications – Internet, wireless, and data transmission – and then into broader digital applications that improve our customers` worlds every day, whether they`re residential, business or government. Hawaiian Telcom has become deeply engaged in a wide variety of new products and services. From the fiber that feeds your 4G wireless network to digital television. From VoIP Hosted Voice to virtual colocation. From enabling new office towers with fiber for greater connectivity to laying new undersea cables across the Pacific to Asia. Today, Hawaiian Telcom is offering 1 Gig broadband service, providing state-of-the-art cloud services for businesses, and expanding Hawaii`s largest next-generation fiber network. We employ more than 1,200 technology, communications and customer service professionals. We serve Hawai`i, our home. And we`ll continue to serve Hawai`i as we grow and expand. All of us at Hawaiian Telcom are proud to be recognized as Hawaii`s Technology Leader.
About the Person
Sunshine Pualani Walker Topping joined Hawaiian Telcom as Vice President of Human Resources in June 2015. A seasoned strategic Human Resources executive with nearly two decades of experience, she oversees the Company’s Human Resources, benefits, employment and Human Resources information systems (HRIS), labor relations, and organizational development and training functions. Prior to joining Hawaiian Telcom, Ms. Topping served as Chief Human Resources Strategy Officer for ‘ike (formerly known as DataHouse Holdings Company), a Hawai‘i-based technology company. At ‘ike she was responsible for guiding Human Resources within the family of companies, including strategic staffing, benefits alignment, employee engagement activities, and leading the rebranding initiative for the parent company. Prior to this, Ms. Topping served as Senior Director of Recruitment for Hawaiian Airlines. Among other accomplishments, she launched their recruitment department, conducted a comprehensive needs assessment and created innovative workforce development plans. In 2010, Governor Neil Abercrombie appointed Ms. Topping to serve on his cabinet as the State’s Director of the Department of Human Resource Development, where she managed labor and employee relations, recruitment, training, workers compensation, organizational development, legislation and the departmental budget. Ms. Topping also has extensive Human Resources experience at telecommunications and technology companies both in Hawai‘i and on the mainland, including at Sandwich Isles Communications, Adtech/Spirent Communications, and The Boeing Company. Born and raised in Hilo, Ms. Topping graduated from Hilo High School before receiving her bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is also a certified Senior Professional Human Resources. Committed to giving back the Human Resources industry and to the community, Ms. Topping currently serves as an appointed member of the State Workforce Development Board, the Membership chair of the Society of Human Resource Management, and is a member of Hālau Kupukupu Kealoha.
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