US: Hawaiian TelcomHoldco. declared that Scott Barber, presently Hawaiian Telcom’s chief operating officer, has been selected as the company’s new president and chief executive officer and will also serve as a member of the Board of Directors. Barber will assume the new role on, June 22, 2015.
Barber succeeds Eric Yeaman, who resigned to become the president & chief operating officer of First Hawaiian Bank, Hawaii’s largest bank with $18.7 billion in assets. Yeaman will remain engaged as a member of Hawaiian Telcom’s Board of Directors “We are thankful for Eric’s outstanding leadership over the past seven years” said Richard Jalkut, Hawaiian Telcom’s Chairman of the Board. “Eric successfully led the Company’s return to profitability and growth as well as its transformation to become Hawai’i’s technology leader with the launch of Hawaiian Telcom TV, 1 Gigabit internet speeds and advanced cloud based services.”We were very fortunate to recruit Scott almost three years ago, and we are very confident in his ability to lead Hawaiian Telcom to even greater success. Scott’s passion for deploying advanced technology and networks in order to improve our customers’ experience is second to none in the industry. We look forward to more exciting customer offerings in the future as we continue to grow the company,” added Jalkut.
