Persistence and always taking on the toughest challenges are principles Cathy Owen swore by through her rise to the top of Hawaii’s high-tech industry. Today, she is a successful entrepreneur and President of her very own high-tech company, Nanopoint Inc., which is a biotechnology company that develops and markets unique cellular imaging systems for the life sciences market.

As President of a start-up tech company, Owen is charged with a gamut of responsibilities spanning accounting, business development, marketing, human resources and sometimes, still fixing her own IT problems. Through it all, she wouldn’t trade it for the world, citing Nanopoint’s success over the past couple of years as one of her greatest life accomplishments.