Name: Don McNeely
Age: 52
Position: Hawaii operations manager, Chrysler
First job: Five newspaper routes, El Paso, Tex.
Favorite pastimes: Dirt biking, scuba diving

Keeping Chrysler rolling in isles

Don McNeely returns as operations manager for statewide sales of Chrysler products, including the Dodge, Plymouth, Jeep and Eagle vehicles.

"We don't plan any expansion, we're pretty solid as we are (10 dealerships with 2,000 employees)," McNeely said. "Basically, we're looking to improve service."

Previously McNeely was was head of Chrysler Financial-Hawaii, a job now consolidated into the unit's Los Angeles office.

He replaces Scott Hogle, who has been promoted to district manager in Santa Barbara. McNeely has been with Chrysler for 19 years including 12 in Hawaii and seven in Denver. He served as Hawaii operations manager from 1985 to 1996.

He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from San Francisco State University and a master's degree in business administration/management from Websters College in St. Louis, Mo.

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By Jerry Tune, Star-Bulletin