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I I SECTION 11- TEAM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE I Elias Castellanos, CPA will be the Quality Control Partner and a designated "KEY" Employee. Mr. Castellanos has extensive experience in governmental audits. He has performed governmental audits for the last 14 years. He will devote a majority of his time to the completion of the work. I Engagement Partner The Engagement Partner will be assigned full time and will work closely with the Quality Control Partner. The Engagement Partner has direct responsibility for engagement policy, direction, supervision, security and communication with the City's personnel. He will also ensure that the deliverables and all other reports are prepared in accordance with professional standards and firm policy. I He will be responsible for all phases of the engagement and he will be: . coordinating all services with the City; . directing the development of the overall engagement approach and plan; . supervising staff; . planning the engagement; . preparing or modifying project plans, as needed; . evaluating internal control and assessing risk; . reviewing work product for compliance with the City's requirements and completeness; . communicating with the City the progress of the engagement; and . reviewing deliverables and all reports issued by the firm for accuracy and completeness; . and that they are prepared in accordance with professional standards and firm policy; . leading meetings and discussions with key management personnel. I I I I Nestor Caballero, CPA will be the Engagement Partner and a designated "KEY" employee. Mr. Caballero was selected for his experience with governmental engagements and more specifically for his experience with audits in similar scope to the City of Sunny Isles Beach's audit. I Senior Accountants Two Senior Accountants will be assigned full-time to the engagement. The Senior Accountants will be responsible for the overall performance of the work in the field and assisting the Engagement Partner in the actual performance of the engagement. I Martha Romero and Yannick Ngendahayo will be the Senior Accountants. Mrs. Romero and Mr. Ngendahayo were selected for their extensive knowledge in governmental and nonprofit accounting and for their auditing experience. They will devote 100% of their time to the completion of the work. I Staff Accountants Staff accountants will be utilized as required by the Engagement Partner. They perform less complex audit procedures under the supervision of the Engagement Partner and the Manager. I Note: All CPA's assigned to the audit have properly maintained CPE in governmental accounting and auditing as required by the State Board of Accountancy. I The firm's audit team who will serve the City is composed of individuals who understand government entities and possess the technical skills and experience necessary to deliver quality audit services. Our audit team will include THREE Partners, two who have been involved TOGETHER in the audits of government entities for at least 6 years. All of the team members are CPAs. I We humbly ask you to compare the level of experience and expertise we have assigned to your engagement to the other firms submitting proposals. Compare the experience of personnel assigned by those firms FULL-TIME (on-site) to OURS. I I I I 8