Name: Dave Maeshiro
Age: 39
Position: Senior vice president, insurance administration, Grand Pacific Life
Insurance Ltd.
First job: Gas station
Favorite pastime: Basketball, music

The company has agents in Guam, Micronesia, American and Western Samoa, and Tonga.

"We're on the verge of going into Fiji, probably with an affiliate or subsidiary," Maeshiro said. "We hope to have that office open by the end of the year."

Maeshiro started with Grand Pacific as a consultant. He also has worked at the University of Hawaii management systems office, the state Department of Education and Data House Inc.

He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and management information systems from the University of Hawaii. Grand Pacific Life Insurance Ltd., incorporated in 1957, is a member of the Finance Factors family of companies.