{"id":10521,"date":"2022-02-05T00:53:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T10:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/?p=10521"},"modified":"2022-02-05T00:53:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T10:53:32","slug":"two-filam-executives-are-making-moves-in-hawaii-business-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/2022\/02\/05\/two-filam-executives-are-making-moves-in-hawaii-business-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Two FilAm Executives Are Making Moves In Hawaii Business Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-attachment-id=\"10492\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/on-the-move-copy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?fit=1000%2C666&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,666\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"On the Move copy\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Patti Ponimoi and Pete Castillejos&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?resize=511%2C340\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10492\" width=\"511\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?resize=675%2C450&amp;ssl=1 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption><sub><em>Patti Ponimoi and Pete Castillejos<\/em><\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Patti Ponimoi and Pete Castillejos are two Filipino American executives currently making big moves in Hawaii companies.<br><br>Ponimoi has been promoted from Local Sales Manager to SummitMedia Honolulu\u2019s President last month. She\u2019s a veteran sales and communications executive with a career of more than 20 years. She also held previous positions at Hawaii News Now, iHeartMedia and Hawaiian Airlines.<br><br>SummitMedia CEO Carl Parmer sad he\u2019s excited for Ponimoi to lead the Hawaii SummitMedia team.<br><br>\u201cShe has a deep personal commitment to Hawaiian culture which is vital to our principles as well as our success,\u201d he said.<br><br>Ponimoi says she\u2019s honored to be part of SummitMedia.<br><br>\u201cContinuing the tradition of Hawaiian music and perpetuating the culture of our local stations is very personal to me and I understand its importance to everyone,\u201d she said.<br><br>In January 2021, Hawaii Filipino <a href=\"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/2021\/01\/09\/filipino-american-named-new-president-of-mortgage-bankers-association-of-hawaii\/\">featured<\/a> Castillejos as he was named as the new president of Mortgage Bankers Association of Hawaii.<br><br>Five months later, he took up the position Regional Manager at USA Mortgage, an employee-owned home lender based in St. Louis, as he opened its first Hawaii office on the ground floor of Pacific Guardian Tower in Kapiolani Boulevard.<br><br>According to Pacific Business News (PBN), as of July 2021, he has brought seven employees: loan officers, an underwriter and a processor.<br><br>With 17 years of experience in the Honolulu mortgage industry, Castillejos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pacific\/news\/2021\/07\/16\/local-mortgage-banker-builds-up-new-hawaii-office.html\">told<\/a> PBN that he has plans to grow the company\u2019s market share and open offices on neighboring islands.<br><br>\u201cThe strategy for a national company opening up in a new market is to hire a veteran and an experienced team. The team I hired has several years of experience, locally, already. We\u2019re almost entirely referral based,\u201d he said in an interview with PBN.<br><br>\u201cWe have a huge network of realtors and clients who were already referring us business, so we\u2019re not starting from scratch. They know my team more than they know our company name.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patti Ponimoi and Pete Castillejos are two Filipino American executives currently making big moves in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,11,5],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1",1000,666,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?fit=640%2C426&ssl=1",640,426,true],"large":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?fit=640%2C426&ssl=1",640,426,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1",1000,666,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1",1000,666,true],"ultp_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?resize=1000%2C666&ssl=1",1000,666,true],"ultp_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?resize=870%2C570&ssl=1",870,570,true],"ultp_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?resize=600%2C666&ssl=1",600,666,true],"ultp_layout_square":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1",600,600,true],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?resize=1000%2C666&ssl=1",1000,666,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?resize=703%2C500&ssl=1",703,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1",1000,666,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?resize=540%2C285&ssl=1",540,285,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/On-the-Move-copy.png?resize=375%2C250&ssl=1",375,250,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/category\/features\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Features<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/category\/_news\/hawaii-filipino\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Hawaii - 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