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L&L Hawai‘i has appointed Andy Huang of Kāne‘ohe as vice president and chief operating officer. In this ca- pacity, Huang will oversee all day-to-day operations of the company. Prior to join- ing the company, he served for a decade as area manag- er for Advantage Rent-A- Car, where he expanded lo- cations across the state and increased the company’s fleet size from 400 to 3,000 units. “Andy joins our team at the right time as we gear up for record growth across the country this year,” states L&L Hawai‘i vice chairper- son and CEO Elisia Flores. “His extensive leadership
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and immense operational management experience will be invaluable as he as- sists with our expansion ef- forts. We are so excited to have him on board.” Huang graduated from Univer- sity of Hawai‘i at Mānoa with a bachelor’s degree in management informa- tion systems. He is current- ly a member of Hawai‘i Restaurant Association ... Hawaiian Telcom recently announced the promotion of Kailua resident Ryan Miyamoto to director of product, pricing and bid management. Miyamoto, a 22-year company vet- eran, leads a team that is responsible for the prod- uct strategy of the firm’s business network services portfolios including data, broadband internet, hosted communications and voice. He previously served as se- nior manager in advanced IP networks. He earned a bachelor of business admin- istration in management in- formation systems and mar- keting from UH Mānoa ... Kāne‘ohe resident Ishtar Lindshield has been hired as a payroll accountant by the Honolulu architecture firm AHL and is responsible for all facets of the payroll and job cost system. Before joining AHL, Lindshield worked at Ware Malcom as a project accountant. Lind- shield has a Bachelor of Science degree from Uni- versity of Maryland Global Campus. Meanwhile, Mi- chael Unnerstall of Kailua has been hired as a project manager and is working on various commercial and residential projects. Prior to joining AHL, he worked with the University of Ha- wai‘i System. Unnerstall has a Master of Science in
project management from Northwestern Universi- ty and a bachelor’s degree from Illinois Institute of Technology ... ‘Ōlelo Com- munity Media has promoted Windward O‘ahu resident Wes Akamine to director of operations and project management. In this newly created position, Akamine is responsible for all com- munity engagement initia- tives. He will also oversee a
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range of organizational ini- tiatives including executive productions, internships and volunteer services. He pre- viously was an ‘Ōlelo train- ing manager, creating media classes and mentorship op- portunities and dedicated media programs for local youth. Akamine received a bachelor of arts in film and media studies from Uni- versity of California, Santa Barbara ... Kailua resident
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