Miami - December 23, 2005 - Frank Gonzalez, a partner in the assurance services department of leading Florida-based accounting and management consulting firm, Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLP (MBAF), was recently honored with an Excellence in Accounting Award in the category of financial institutions. The awards, which acknowledge distinction in the field of accounting services, are given annually by the South Florida Business Journal.

As the partner in charge of the Financial Institutions Division at MBAF, Gonzalez specializes in audit and business advisory services to community banks, international banks, and investment funds. He works hand-in-hand with clients to accomplish financial and operational objectives through initial and secondary public offerings, capital formation, and mergers and acquisitions. In the three years he has been with MBAF, Gonzalez has been responsible for quadrupling the size of the firm's domestic banking practice in terms of clients, revenue and personnel. Gonzalez is also skilled in first-time through audit engagements and in providing audit and business advisory services to many national and international public (SEC) and privately held companies.

Active in both professional and community organizations, Gonzalez is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as well as a past-president of the Cuban-American Certified Public Accountants Association. He also is involved with the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana. A certified public accountant, Gonzalez holds a master's degree in business from the University of Miami and a bachelor's degree in accounting from Florida International University.

Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLP, the largest regional audit firm in Miami and one of the top 50 nationally, has an impeccable reputation for providing accounting, litigation and business valuation support, technology and management consulting services to a wide variety of individuals and corporations across a broad range of industries.

Editors Note: Gonzalez resides in Miami, 33183

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