Name: Sandra Ohara
Age: 53
Position: V.P., sales and marketing, ComTel Inc.
First job: Packing pineapple
Favorite pastimes: Bridge, travel, reading
Sandra Ohara heads sales efforts for ComTel Inc., a provider of integrated communication solutions. This includes digital switches, call center systems, voice mail/unified messaging and Internet telephony. Selling customers
on ComTel"The buzzword is 'computer telephony integration' or CTI," Ohara said. "If you're traveling and don't have a laptop, you can call in and listen to e-mail, voice mail and faxes."
She has 31 years in communications and recently was president of Systems Group Inc. She also worked at Data Tel & Power Inc., IBM Corp. and GTE Corp. Ohara is chairman-elect of Catholic Charities and also a member of Downtown Metro Rotary, Armed Forces Communication Electronics Association, Downtown Exchange Club, Organization of Women Leaders, Hawaii Telecommunications Association and Association of Information Professionals.
By Jerry Tune, Star-Bulletin
