Dumb question on Hawaii's tech industry

[Nords]

A Mainland friend asked me the other day what companies have benefited from Hawaii's high-tech tax credit (http://www.state.hi.us/tax/a2_b2_6hi_tech.htm). I was surprised (and a bit ashamed) that I couldn't immediately think of any. The state website doesn't appear to have a list and the local papers seem to tell individual stories, not a collective or a summary.

Maybe this info isn't considered "public" and that's why I'm having trouble figuring it out. I'd appreciate knowing where to find a list or sharing whatever companies come to mind. After some thinking and searching, all I could pull up were Hoku, Enova, and Maui's High-Performance Computing Center.

I know that Hawaii has local branches of global tech companies here like Microsoft or IBM or Xerox. But I don't know if they qualify for the tax benefits-- I'd expect qualifiers to be tech firms who either started up here or relocated their headquarters here.

[craigwatanabe]

A Mainland friend asked me the other day what companies have benefited from Hawaii's high-tech tax credit (http://www.state.hi.us/tax/a2_b2_6hi_tech.htm). I was surprised (and a bit ashamed) that I couldn't immediately think of any. The state website doesn't appear to have a list and the local papers seem to tell individual stories, not a collective or a summary.

Maybe this info isn't considered "public" and that's why I'm having trouble figuring it out. I'd appreciate knowing where to find a list or sharing whatever companies come to mind. After some thinking and searching, all I could pull up were Hoku, Enova, and Maui's High-Performance Computing Center.

I know that Hawaii has local branches of global tech companies here like Microsoft or IBM or Xerox. But I don't know if they qualify for the tax benefits-- I'd expect qualifiers to be tech firms who either started up here or relocated their headquarters here.

What about here on the Big Island with Puna Geothermal and that deep water plant off Kona's coast? Weren't those movie companies trying to cash in on that tax break too?

[zztype]

It's secret. No, really... ask your legislator. They'll tell you, "We can't tell you. Privacy and all that stuff."

[Nords]

It's secret. No, really... ask your legislator. They'll tell you, "We can't tell you. Privacy and all that stuff."
I've noticed that the govt seems reluctant to audit or publicize the effects of the credits...

I found this partial company list: http://www.hawaiiangels.org/portfolio.php?pg=portfolio

Now it's getting interesting. Has anyone worked with or invested with Robert Robinson?
http://www.shidler.hawaii.edu/pace/website/team.asp
He had a couple mentions and an editorial in the Star-Bulletin in the early 2000s but nothing recently.