AFFILIATIONS

AICPA

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has a peer review system of quality control for its member firms, whereby one CPA firm will be audited by another CPA firm to ensure that it is performing work of the highest quality. We undergo peer review every three years; we have always received a completely clean bill of health. (That is to say, we received the same peer review report as our "big four" competition).

PCAOB

We are registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to audit SEC registrants. This registration commits us to independent reviews of our accounting, auditing and review practices by the PCAOB. We have recently succeeded in our PCAOB review, which helps provide evidence to our SEC clients about our quality control and audit process.

TIAG

The International Accounting Group has two international networks that span the globe with more than 220 firms operating out of nearly 400 offices in almost 90 countries. More than 8,000 professionals are available to serve members' and clients' business, accounting, financial and legal needs. One-third of the firms are in North America, another third in Europe, and the remainder in Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. The networks are among the most extensive and capable in each region of the world. Clients benefit from the national and global reach of member firms and the vast range of experience that members can call upon to support their business.

In addition, our professionals participate in the following organizations:

• CONNECT - Founded in 1985 at the urging of San Diego's business community, CONNECT is widely regarded as the nation's most successful regional program linking high-technology and life science entrepreneurs with the resources they need for success: technology, money, markets, management, partners, and support services. Originally founded by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), CONNECT has a dual role in accelerating growth: it provides added value and delivers targeted, high-level expertise to San Diego's technology business community by teaming up with the region's most prominent industry-specific organizations and individuals, and by partnering with world-class UCSD resources, such as the School of Medicine, Jacobs School of Engineering, San Diego Super Computer Center, and Scripps and Salk Institutes.