Business Leaders On The Move In Hawaii

July 05, 2006
By Linda Dela Cruz

Angela Baraquio Grey has been named a member of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation. She is Miss America 2001 and founder and president of the Angela Perez Baraquio Education Foundation.

SueAnn Wells has been promoted to sales and marketing coordinator for Atlantis Adventures. She joined the company in 2005 as sales coordinator.

Deborah Williams was promoted from coordinator to manager in the human resources department of Diagnostic Laboratories. She is responsible for recruitment, benefits and payroll. She has been with DLS for five years.

Iris Takahashi was promoted from assistant manager to manager in the marketing department for Diagnostic Laboratories. Takahashi is in charge of sales and marketing for the state of Hawaii, and has been with DLS for 19 years.

Gundelina “Gigi” G. Robles has been appointed a loan shipping manager, secondary market for First Hawaiian Bank. Robles joined First Hawaiian Bank in 1992 as a merchant services clerk.

Barry Daida was promoted from systems analyst to manager of applications in the IS department of Diagnostic Laboratories.

Cliff Yago was promoted from systems engineer to manager of systems and security. Yago is responsible for delivering technology solutions to DLS and has been with the company for six years.

Dean Wakuzawa has joined Atlantis Adventures as controller. He has nearly 20 years of accounting experience. Richard “Rick” B. Murphy has joined Bank of Hawaii as senior vice president and manager of retail credit. He previously worked as senior vice president and manager of consumer credit review at Bank of America.

Richard “Rick” B. Murphy has joined Bank of Hawaii as senior vice president and manager of retail credit. He previously worked as senior vice president and manager of consumer credit review at Bank of America.

Floyd K. Takeuchi has been named the president and chief operating officer of aio’s TransOceanic Media. He will oversee Pacific Magazine, Downtown Planet, and Hawaii Buyer’s Guide in addition to launching major media initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region. He previously headed the print group for aio Media.

Susan Eichor has been named president and chief operating officer of aio Hawaii. Eichor will oversee B. Hayman, BluePrint Media, Hawaii’s Best Events, IamHawaii.com, PacificBasin Communications, ESPN 1420 and Watermark Publishing. Eichor will also be responsible for aio’s information technology and human resource units.