Servco Pacific Inc. has completed an employee-only pilot test for its smartphone-controlled car share service in Honolulu.

The service, which will be called Hui, is now starting its next phase with a closed pilot test in Honolulu. Once the test with the closed group is complete next month, Hui will open the testing in March to members of the public interested in trying the new mobility service. More information can be found at www.drivehui.com.

Servco is Hawaii’s exclusive Toyota distributor and is partnering with the Japanese auto manufacturer to develop the service.

The service will allow users to rent, unlock and turn on vehicles through a mobile application. The service expedites the process of renting a vehicle for a short period, as users never have to interact with a person to register, reserve and use a vehicle. Registration and background checks are handled through the mobile application, and the smartphone’s Bluetooth connection to the vehicle will start the cars with a digital key.

Hui stations available during the closed pilot testing will be located between downtown and Kaimuki. Vehicles in the closed pilot program include the Toyota Prius, Camry XSE and the Lexus RX.

A&B agricultural executive stepping down

A 20-year Alexander & Baldwin Inc. veteran plans to leave the company and its Maui agriculture operations through a gradual transition to start in March.

Rick Volner Jr. is resigning as vice president of diversified agriculture at A&B, the Honolulu-based company announced Tuesday.

Volner is leaving for a job at concrete production company HC&D, where he will manage the company’s Maui operations, but will help A&B through a “lengthy transition” period that starts in March. He also will serve as a consultant afterward.

A&B is searching for a replacement to take Volner’s job.

Volner, a Maui native and fifth-generation Hawaii sugar plantation worker, joined A&B’s sugar business Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. in 1997 and became general manager of the 36,000-acre plantation in 2001. HC&S ceased sugar production at the end of 2016 and has been shifting into a variety of diversified agriculture operations including cattle ranching, biofuel crops and coffee.

ON THE MOVE

Hawaii Public Radio has hired Louise Keali‘iloma King Lanzilotti as its new host for Classical Pacific, which is their afternoon drive program focusing on classical music. Lanzilotti has experience as an educator, conductor and arts administrator and has been serving as interim host for the program since mid-December.

AHL, Hawaii’s largest and oldest architectural firm, has announced the following two staff promotions:

>> Teri Patton has been promoted to a senior interior designer. Her responsibilities include working with architects and clients to establish design goals as well as develop design concepts and space planning. Patton is currently the lead interior designer for the West Hawaii Prosecuting Attorney’s Office Building, Ho‘ola Na Pua’s Pearl Haven and the Moanalua High School Performing Arts Building.

>> Tammy Lee has been promoted to marketing manager. Lee’s responsibilities include supporting continued growth of the firm, leading project pursuits in the firm’s various sectors, overseeing external communications, developing proposals and presentations, and managing the marketing and branding strategy.

Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel has promoted David Hof­tiezer to partner, as of Jan. 1. He has been with the firm since 2014 and previously practiced law in Paris and Washington, D.C. Hoftiezer is a litigator practicing in environmental law, dram shop liability, aviation, corporate defense, premises liability and intellectual property.