Ito joint A&B in April 2005 as director of internal audit; he was named controller on May 1, 2006 and, on April 1, 2007, he was promoted to vice president, controller and assistant treasurer.
Previously, Ito worked for Deloitte & Touche for nine years, where in his most recent position, he was a senior manager in the accounting consultation and research group of Deloitte’s San Francisco national office.
Ito is a certified public accountant and holds both a master’s degree of professional accounting with a concentration in managerial accounting from the University of Texas at Austin, and a bachelor’s degree in finance and marketing from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Ito has earned several prestigious academic honors including the Elijah Watt Sells Gold Medal Award for obtaining the highest score in the nation on the May 1996 CPA exam. |