Executive Profile
Tuesday, November 17, 1998
Name: Alton Higa
Age: 34
Position: Director-treasury services, Aloha Airlines
First job: Bagging groceries at supermarket
Favorite pastimes: Golf, softball, sports
Alton Higa is responsible for the corporate cash management of Aloha Airlines, including sales audit, credit, collection and accounts receivable. He came to the airline three years ago, and most recently has served as director-corporate accounting. Soaring higher at
Aloha Airlines"This new job is more dynamic because it's daily cash management instead of monthly (as director-corporate accounting)," Higa said. "That was more historical; this is more cash projections."
Higa has 11 years in accounting and also worked for 71/2 years at Coopers & Lybrand LLP.
He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is also active in Hui Makaala, a service organization for those of the Okinawan culture. Higa earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Hawaii.
By Jerry Tune, Star-Bulletin
