Newsmaker: Talk Live With Hawaii's Chief Information Officer Sonny Bhagowalia

Gov. Neil Abercrombie described Hawaii as "entering the 21st century" when announcing the hiring of Sanjeev "Sonny" Bhagowalia as the state's first chief information officer in June.

Bhagowalia heads the state's newly formed Office of Information Management and Technology. He officially came on board July 6.

Abercrombie has laid out an ambitious mission for Bhagowalia: "Transform Hawaii's outdated technology infrastructure into a modern system that will make government more efficient and improve services for the people of Hawaii."

Join us at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 13, live from Civil Beat headquarters. Bhagowalia will be answering your questions on a live-stream interview.

You can submit questions using our Facebook discussion below. Money reporter Nanea Kalani will be asking the questions.