PI Perspectives

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...

Episode 100: Today is a very special day. PI-Perspectives is officially releasing its 100th episode. Make sure you take advantage of the Toolbox code and give away. Today, we bring back one of the original guests when Matt started this program. Joining us today is Amber Schroader from Paraben. Paraben is the leading Cellphone Forensics company in the industry and offers amazing resources and train...

Episode 99: Intro:      Today we welcome Georgia investigator, Alex Chilton to the show. Alex has a great story on how he started as a one man show and has expanded to four locations in three states. The guys really dig in and talk about some great tips to realize when it’s time to expand your operation. Links:     Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com  Linkedin: Matthew Spaier    www.investigato...

Episode 98: Intro:      We are back this week with another great episode. Today we speak with Kitty Hailey. Most of the time when you hear Kitty speak, it’s about ethics. She literally wrote the book on ethics, actually a few books. However, today we are going to talk about post conviction investigations. This is a new topic for Matt and we think you will find incredibly interesting. Please welcom...

Episode 97: Happy 4th of July! (Fireworks sound) We hope you are enjoying time off today and we appreciate you checking out the show. Today, we welcome back Chris Salgado from All-points investigations. Chris had an amazing career at Facebook and was a vital member of their investigative team. He now works at his company, All-points Investigations and has a great training program he is about to ma...

Episode 96: Welcome to today’s show. We are honored to welcome Peter Psarouthakis from Michigan. Peter has served on the boards of Intellenet, NALI, NCISS, ISPLA and his own state association. He had the honor of contributing on several bills that the Michigan governor signed into law including a GPS bill. Peter joins us today to talk about Ethics. You can never learn enough about this topic. Pete...

Episode 95: Welcome to Pi-Perspectives. Today we visit lifestyles of the rich and famous in Florida with Jay Marin. Jay had impressive career in Law enforcement and served on some great task forces. He transitioned into a private practice and now operates out of Miami. Jay and his team specialize in working Undercover. The guys discuss how different it is than surveillance. Grab your best Crockett...

Episode 94: Welcome to Pi-Perspectives. Today we are checking ion with one of our long-time sponsors. We are chatting with Patrick Andrews from CROSStrax. We are going to hear about their latest features, and we are going to dispel some myths about using case management software. Stick around to the end. If you are a member of Investigators-toolbox, Pat has a great offer for you to save At least $...