Executive Profile
Wednesday, April 24, 1996
Dole Cannery's new Eastbound marketing manager Patrick Suzuki will be kept on the go with sales, marketing and events planning for Japan visitors.Name: Patrick Suzuki
Age: 32
Position: Eastbound marketing manager, Dole Cannery
First job: Inspector at Dole pineapple cannery
Favorite pastime: Golf and swimming
"I'll be traveling to Japan in June, probably one week in Osaka and one week in Tokyo," Suzuki said. "I'll be visiting wholesale agents, and media and publications people."
From 1990 to 1994, Suzuki was a sales representative for computer software with MCM Japan Ltd. in Tokyo. He also was sales manager at the Tokyo Bento food company in Honolulu and account manager at the Princeville Hotel.
Suzuki was born in Hawaii, and earned a bachelor's degree in Japanese language at the University of Hawaii. He did more studies in Japanese language at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt., and Keio University in Tokyo.
The Dole Cannery is owned and operated by HGI Realty Inc., based in Michigan.