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Casey Smith Please describe the ways in which you determine whether your organization is operating efficiently and effectively. How
do you implement changes to planning and formulation of departmental policy?

Thursday, May 9, 2019
I'm a statistical driven guy, I think, especially being in gaming - it's driven by metrics. I look at ways that we are achieving
11:02 AM those. What are the different activities we are performing. I'm one of the people that feels that if we are collecting the
right amount of taxes then the casino is doing well - sometimes we have the same interest. Especially when you talk
about success - a lot of that is having a good team around you. I know with what I have here and with an operation that I
CSJPD have now - it's impossible to micro manage you have to have good people working for you.

Deputy Director of Gaming
Screening Interview Questions Please describe a complex situation in which you have received pushback from a party that you were attempting to regu-
late or audit and how you handled it.

I am the regulatory authority right now. I do not believe necessarily that the regulator and casinos have divergent inter-
General Questions ests. That doesn't meant that there are not rules that need to be followed. I think you have to have some flexibility in

Why are you interested in the Deputy Director of Gaming opportunity with the City of San Jose? Tell me a bit about what you how you regulate. You cannot possibly anticipate every single scenario. I have run into people who tend to read the job
know about the City. Why are you looking? as black or white and there is no gray. I think sometimes you have to have flexibility. Sometimes there is no flexibility -
like something that effects the integrity of the game or the safety of the employees or patrons.

Oversees all gaming in the State of Florida. My biggest concern is the cost of living. For me coming from Florida - and factoring
in cost of living. Obviously they list a range - but a lot of time that range is not really a range - they have something budgeted I had a situation in Florida where there was a robbery - a guy did not follow the regulations and was shot. I tell people
for the position. I grew up in South Carolina - I have lived all over the country. If the opportunity presented itself I wouldn't all the time, I can replace money but I can't replace money. We develop rules and regulations to make sure stuff like that
mind living in the Bay Area. If you are on the higher end of the scale you could make the numbers work. doesn't happen.

I'm passively looking. I've been in this business for right at nine years, ready to do something different. I'm just looking for what In terms of communication, what is your approach to working with various stakeholders, such as management, staff, and
opportunities are out there. I'm not originally from Florida, picking up and moving to the Bay Area sounds interesting. the people you are regulating.

Please describe your most recent position and day-to-day responsibilities. I have continuous and open communication with everyone that I regulate. I am a very involved regulator in the sense
that I like to be in the facility. I like to know what the issues are. I like to know if we can do a better job. I am a very active
hands-on kind of person.
I went to law school - I was a member of the South Carolina Bar. I did an internship with the State of South Carolina. I earned a
Master's in Public Administration. Went into a private practice, determined after that if I did not go into a court again I would
be perfectly happy. It wasn't my cup of tea - I got a job offer with Goldman Sachs - received some promotions. Was eventually Closing
VP of Financial Related Services - did financial management for corporations. Still working on the financial and the tax side. I
was with Goldman for right about 12 years, then the financial crash happened. I was in the third round of lay-offs that hit.
10. Is there anything else you would like to add?

Was appointed as Administrator, State Compliance Agency. We in 2010 - the State of Florida signed a gaming compact with the
largest gaming tribe in the country. There had been a pretty acrimonious relationship between casinos and the state. Eventually
the State agreed to open up seven casinos, and I was hired to setup the program - which included auditing, tax, I had to hire a
staff, everything. I did that for close to five years and then I was actually asked to help regulate federal law, whereas our com-
mercial casinos were adhering to state law - which I have been hired to oversee. I oversee 8 casinos. I have a staff of about 50 11. If out of the area – Are you willing to relocate to the San Jose Area?
people, nine offices, casino offices, regional offices. Multi-disciplined staff, auditors, accountants, attorneys. That's where I've
been and that's what I've been doing. When I started doing this I knew nothing about gaming at all.

How many employees do you supervise? Who do you report to? What are the areas that you regulate?

Supervise a staff of 50. I report to the Director of Mutual Wavering. I am the highest level career appointee in Florida, not tech-
nically a political appointee. My boss is a political appointee. I help with drafting new laws and regulations, and all of that.

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