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Guns For Hire

Making Your Story Rock

Steve, John & Kimee dork it up

StoryManager is a gang of friends who saddle up when needs arise to bust a move on business development, product engineering, marketing, branding and communications design.

We work hard, play hard and live large. If you need a little zest in your business story, Contact Us.

The Story Gang

sue-104Steve Sue is the Story Guy. Steve parlayed an oddly-matched education in art and law into a story consulting career that careened across entertainment, hospitality development, retail branding and corporate facilitation. He’s also the author of the BizGym™ System and Vibeware® Technology.

John LeBlanc is Mr. Tech Guy. John “gets” all things web-techy as he was an early Internet innovator creating fancy web presences for lots of cool companies. Before unplugging from The Man, John was a webmaster at two CBS owned & operated stations for nearly a decade (WBZ in Boston and KPIX in San Francisco).

Jim KunleyJim Kunley, App Guy. James is deeply experienced in web applications and UI development in a number of industries including the NY financial sector, Silicon Valley information technology and Hawaii healthcare. Despite a busy professional life, he always has time for outside activities like snowboarding, surfing and hiking.

Kimee Bamilero is Miss Social Networking & MyAlohaVibe.com Vibe Girl Host/Video Producer. Originally from Hawaii, Kimee has been a professional actor for over 13 years with credits including, “Miss Saigon”, “Mamma Mia” & the Emmy nominated TV show “Hi-5.” She also performs improv and sketch comedy around Los Angeles. We’re amped to have Kimee aboard spreading her creative wings into the social networking skies. Tweet Kimee, tweet!

Gordon Kiyabu is Mr. Marketing. Gordon is a super-smart marketing dude in the hospitality, foodservice and airline industries. His career has included significant stints at United Airlines (operations management) , Hawaii Visitor’s Bureau (marketing director) and various Hawaii resorts (sales & marketing directorships).

Dale Palileo is Mr. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and online reputation management guy. Dale is also a lead web developer with experience in the Hawaii tourism industry and in the highly competitive online jewelry market.

kaui of makamaephotography.comKaui Makamae is Miss Photographer. Kaui’s our favorite go-to picture person and is especially great with portraits, kids, fun and touristy shots. Kaui is a force to be reckoned with so watch for her in the future ’cause she’s got the goods to rock this world.

Kai Holthaus is a bad-assed web programmer who does ‘behind the scenes’  work that makes the up-front stuff comes out awesome. Kai used to work in the IT departments of HP and McKesson before partnering with StoryManager.

Donovan Morimoto is a truly awesome blogger and is of the generation that ‘gets’ social networking and the Internet. He also now runs an Ace Hardware store on the island of Kauai so if you’re over there and need a nut, bolt or blog post, stop by.

Devin Yoshimoto is a truly strategic dude and has a head for numbers. He recently graduated from the University of Hawaii with a degree in accounting and is doing a couple of fun startups already. He’s also a tester/reader for the BizGym™ System so knows it inside-out.

Mia the Dawg is Miss Scratch & Sniff. Make no B-O-N-E-S about it, Mia is the star of our show. She’s a go-get-it and a doo-dooer with an un-canine ability to recognize tasty tid-bits. So if your story passes her sniff test, we know we’ve done our job.

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