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Bert Lee
Corporate Controller
Born and raised
in Hawaii , Bert graduated from University High School in
1979. Bert played on the school’s basketball and volleyball
teams and also played the trumpet in the band. Bert decided
to venture from the islands for his college degree and went
to Cullowhee, North Carolina. He graduated from Western
Carolina University with a Bachelor of Business
Administration in Management. For two years, Bert played
for the Western Carolina Catamount’s NCAA Division 1
volleyball team and also played the trumpet for four years
for the school’s marching band. After college, Bert became
a restaurant entrepreneur in downtown Honolulu. Bert was
the cook, the cashier, the accountant and the janitor. Bert
ran the small restaurant for over five years and closed the
doors when the State condemned the area to make a park.
During his restaurant tenure, Bert went back to school and
attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Bert took upper
level accounting classes and became a licensed certified
public accountant in 1992. Bert worked for the public
accounting firm McEnerney, Shimabukuro, Okazaki & Fujita,
CPAs for over 11 years. |
