The NSIN Pacific-South Region includes Guam, American Samoa, the North Mariana Islands, and Hawaii, Arizona, and California (South of San Jose). The hub city for the region is San Diego, CA.

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Team

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  Jesse Gipe

  Pacific-South Regional Director

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  Gloria Choo

  University Program Director, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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  Samantha Hiller

  University Program Director, Arizona State University

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News from the Region

• NSIN and University of California San Diego host Hackathon to improve tactical computing in austere environments
• Connecting ASU innovation to national defense needs
• Finalist startups compete for $200,000 in prizes at NSIN Starts 5G Pitch Day
• Start Ups pitch their way to $200k in funding at NSIN Starts 5G event
• X-Force Fellows team helps CNAF FRAG optimize maintenance scheduling and maximize performance
• NSIN partners with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom AFB, and BCG Digital Ventures to host Starts pitch event in Los Angeles
• Hap Arnold Innovation Center partners with NSIN, challenges teams to ‘Beat the Blaze’
• NIWC Pacific awards $200,000 as part of Navy, Marine Corps NSIN presents: Starts 5G Pitch Day
• UH, NSIN parternship to aid national security, boost state’s economy
• CSUSM team wins nationwide NSIN virtual hackathon award

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Regional Mission Partners

• Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)
• Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM)
• I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF)
• Third Fleet
• Space & Missile Systems Center (SMC)
• Naval Information Systems Command (NAVWAR)
• Army Research Lab (ARL) - West
• San Diego State University
• Arizona State University
• University of Hawai'i at Manoa