PI Perspectives

Episode 118:     Welcome to today’s episode of PI-Perspectives. OSINT guru, Eddie Ajaeb returns to the show to talk about research trends. Eddie was our third guest in 2019 and a lot has changed since his last appearance. Let’s check in with the guys and get the show started. Please welcome Eddie Ajaeb and your host, Private investigator, Matt Spaier Links:      Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi....

Episode 117:     Welcome to today’s episode of PI-Perspectives. Alexis Diaz from LH Funding joins us. Alexis is an attorney in NY and also works in case funding. This is a great client stream for licensed Pis if you know how to foster the relationship. Not sure what legal funding is? Let's join this two and hear all about it. Please welcome Alexis Diaz and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spa...

Episode 116:     Intro:       Welcome to today’s episode of PI-Perspectives. Joining us today is Jan Barefoot from Barefoot, PI. Jan has been in this business for over 35 years and has some great insight. She recently hired a president of her company. We are going to talk about managing a PI Business and how to start taking a step back as you grow. Lets get right to it and welcome Jan Barefoot and...

Episode 115:        Today we have retired Marine, Byron Rodgers back on the show. Byron lives and breathes in the world of Executive Protection and security. Today we are talking about security in houses of worship. We are also going to chat about the upcoming Executive Protection Forum on 12/8/21 in Las Vegas. Let's join Byron Rodgers and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links:      M...

Episode 114:     Welcome to Pi- Perspectives. Today we welcome Daniel Watson from Watson & Associates. Matt and Daniel met in Arizona a few months ago at the state association conference. Daniel has a unique perspective on Truth verification and the technology behind it. Thats right we are talking lie detection today, I promise. Let’s join the guys. Please welcome Daniel Watson and your host, Priv...

Episode 113:     Intro:       Welcome to Pi- Perspectives. What the heck is a Sock Puppet? Mariel Klosterman joins us today to set the record straight. We talk about deep fakes, alternative social media profiles and how this fits in to the world of investigations. Mariel recently won the rising Open Source Investigator award at OSMOSIS2021. Please welcome Mariel and your host, private Investigator...

Episode 112:       Welcome to Pi- Perspectives. Today we welcome Frank Deandrea. Frank is an expert of Police policy and today we will examine what an investigator can do when they are asked to assist on these types of cases. Frank is a retired Police Commissioner and has a great approach to protect Law Enforcement individuals on high profile incidents. Please welcome Frank Deandrea and your host...

Episode 111:     Welcome to Pi- Perspectives. Today we are trying a new format. Jim Nanos from PI Magazine and PI Gear has been teaching on Surveillance Assessments at recent conferences. Jim agreed to come on and give a recorded version of this teaching. The episode is about 40 minutes long and it does not have any breaks. Please stick around to the end to hear from a few more sponsors. If you wa...

Episode 110: Welcome to Pi- Perspectives. Today, we welcome Solutions Architect, Dean Cornelison from Skopenow. Dean has an extensive investigator background and offers a great bridge for customer service to the Skopenow team. Skopenow has had some great new launches to their product recently. Let’s welcome Dean Cornelison and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links:     Matt’s email: M...

Episode OSMOSIS2021: Quick Hits 7 Welcome to OSMOSIS Quick Hits on PI-Perspectives. Today we bring you our final episode highlighting some of the speakers at the 2021 conference in San Diego, California. We hope you have enjoyed the content. This week, Buddy Jericho joins the program. Buddy and Matt have a great chat about his class at OSMOSIS. Buddy will be teaching about Digital Disinformation....

Episode 109: Welcome to this week’s episode. Today we welcome Mario Doyle from Doyle Security Services. Mario runs a 500-man operation in NY. The guys touch on some mental health concerns for the security and investigation industry. After these past 2 years, this is a very important topic. Let’s join Mario Doyle Shea and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links:     Matt’s email: Matthew...

Episode 108: Welcome to this week’s episode. If you have attended an investigator conference, there is a good chance you know our guest today. We are welcoming Judy Shea from JT Palmer and Associates. Our topic today is Bank searches and the G.L.B.A. We attack this tough topic and try and shed some light on permissible purposes for Bank searches. Let’s jump right in with Judy Shea and your host, P...

OSMOSIS2021: Quick Hits 6 Welcome to OSMOSIS Quick Hits on PI-Perspectives. We are almost done highlighting some of the speakers at the 2021 conference in San Diego, California. We hope you have enjoyed the content. This week, Jennifer Mackovjack is our guest. She will be teaching a class with Andrew Keith on how to do research, with only using the library. Jennifer has a great background in resea...

Episode 107: Welcome to this week’s episode. We have a very special guest this week. Reformed hacker, super lawyer and all-around good guy, Alex Urbelis joins the program. We are talking everything Cyber today. We run a little long today, but trust me, its worth it. Let’s jump right to it. Please welcome Alex Urbelis and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier. Links:     Matt’s email: Matthe...

Episode OSMOSIS2021: Quick Hits 5 Intro: Welcome to OSMOSIS Quick Hits on PI-Perspectives. We are going to take the next few weeks to highlight some of the speakers at the 2021 conference in San Diego, California. This week, we welcome Key Note speaker, Fred Burton. Fred has had an amazing career and got in at the ground floor with combating Terrorism. His topic is the Evolution of Protective Inte...

Episode 106: Welcome to this week’s special Labor Day show. Can you believe the summer is over? Today, we venture back to Colorado and check in with Sam Petitto. Sam joins us today to talk about K-9 Investigations. Sam joins a small group of national investigators that specialize in this type of work. We also chat about the upcoming annual PPIAC conference in Golden Colorado on September 24th and...

Episode 105: Welcome to this week’s show. We talk to industry veteran, Harriet Gold. Our subject today is court record retrievals. During the time of COVID, we all have faced challenges in getting records. Harriet brings some great insight. Please welcome Harriet Gold and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links:     Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com  Linkedin: Matthew Spaier    www...

OSMOSIS2021: Quick Hits 3 Welcome to OSMOSIS Quick Hits on PI-Perspectives. We are going to take the next few weeks to highlight some of the speakers at the 2021 conference in San Diego, California. This week, we welcome Andrew Keith. Andrew has had an impressive Career as a journalist turned researcher and he brings some serious knowledge to his teaching track with Jennifer Mackovjak. They discus...

Episode 104: Welcome to this week’s show. Today we go behind the scenes. Matt interviews the producer of the show, Joey Salvia. Joey has had an amazing career and is a fountain of knowledge for anyone looking to get involved in Broadcasting. Please welcome Joey Salvia and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links:     Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com  Linkedin: Matthew Spaier    www...

Episode OSMOSIS2021: Quick Hits 3 Welcome to OSMOSIS Quick Hits on PI-Perspectives. We are going to take the next few weeks to highlight some of the speakers at the 2021 conference in San Diego, California. This week, we welcome Arno Reuser. Arno is not your typical OSINTER. He has an extensive background in research and hails from the Netherlands. Arno has developed a system on how to make sure y...

Episode 103: Our first segment today is Kevin Whalen from SIIS Insurance.com Kevin has been servicing our industry for over 30 years and is the go-to guy for Investigator Insurance. In our second segment, Matt welcomes Rory McMahon. Rory has a passion for teaching Investigators and has a great new selection of courses online for current investigators or folks that are looking to get into the field...

OSMOSIS2021: Quick Hits 2 Welcome to OSMOSIS Quick Hits on PI-Perspectives. We are going to take the next few weeks to highlight some of the speakers at the 2021 conference in San Diego, California. This week, we welcome Kevin Hendricks. Keven has extensive task force law enforcement experience. His track for the conference is He is a published author with the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin and is c...

Episode 102: Welcome to this week’s show. Today we welcome Texas PI and Stiletto Spy, Catherine Torrez. Catherine is the current president of TALI, the Texas Private Investigator association. Catherine, brings a great wealth of experience to her role as President and has some great events planned for the conference. Its not too late to sign up. Let’s join Catherine Torrez and you’re your host, Pri...

OSMOSIS 2021: Quick Hits 1 Welcome to OSMOSIS Quick Hits on PI-Perspectives. We are going to take the next few weeks to highlight some of the speakers at the 2021 conference in San Diego, California. This week, we welcome Arica Kulm. Arica is teaching about Identifying Host-Based Artifacts In Dark Web Investigations. Lets join Arica and our host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links:     Matt’s...

Episode 101: Welcome to this week’s show. Today we welcome Forensics expert Mark Gillespie. Mark was a featured speaker at the most recent NALI conference in San Antonio and brought a wealth of experience and knowledge on the topic of Forensics. He was also a great sport as the “Volunteer” for Pistol Packing Paula. Folks you are going to find no better expert in the forensics field in our next gue...