Professional Designations And Work Experience For Sara Baker, CMEA, CSBA, SIA Include:

Education:

Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, Texas

University of North Texas Denton, Texas

Work Experience:

President of Strategic 3i Corporation

The services provided by Sara as President of Strategic 3i Corporation, are very specialized. Strategic 3i performs appraisal consistent with the ethics of USPAP and NEBB Institute.

Strategic 3i has built the company business through the years by concentrating on quality, professionalism, and credibility in the marketing, appraisal and brokerage profession. Strategic 3i is a widely known and respected industry leader for completely fair and accurate work and relies on referrals or repeat orders as a major source of business.

Strategic 3i subscribes to and upholds the Code of Ethics of Professional Appraisers and governs itself according to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), as set forth by the Appraisal Foundation.

Following intensive and comprehensive study and testing, in August, 2004, Sara was awarded the CMEA designation (Certified Machinery & Equipment Appraiser) by NEBB Institute, a national and internationally recognized leader conducting machinery and equipment appraisal and brokerage.

The Certified Machinery & Equipment Appraisals that Sara delivers are USPAP compliant. She combines time honored and proven appraisal methodologies and approaches to value, up-to-date techniques of analysis, a database of comparative data, a network of knowledgeable associates and personal experience to provide clients with an accurate professional analysis. The appraisal is accurate, irrefutable, defensible, and descriptive Machinery and Equipment Certified Appraisal Report that includes photographs, model and serial numbers, and other descriptive information that will withstand scrutiny.

The assignment of value is based on extensive research, personal inspection, and contact with manufacturers, and suppliers to determine what your items are really worth. Sara is a qualified appraiser and delivers a qualified appraisal because she adopts and complies with the regulations and ethics rules of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). She is skilled and provides expert witness court testimony at the District and Federal Court levels when called upon to do so.

Sara has performed machinery and equipment appraisals from coast-to-coast. The scope of her appraisals have continually expanded and includes many different types of equipment.

Sara also holds the professional designation, CSBA (Certified Senior Business Analyst), awarded by the International Society of Business Analysts. Professionals holding this designation have analyzed and consulted with business owners on a variety of business needs including, buy/sell agreements, business sales & transfers, insurance, cost segregation, and accounting as well as having performed business appraisals worldwide including appraisals for the World Bank, FDIC, and IRS.

Sara has also been awarded the professional designation, SIA (Senior Insurance Appraiser), and has undergone extensive educational training in order to provide a value on machinery and equipment for insurance and in catastrophe related disasters.