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PI Perspectives

Matthew Spaiersatellitepi.com
Join our host, Matthew Spaier, PI weekly as he dives into the perspectives of what it takes to be a successful Private Investigator. Hear Matthew’s take on how to build your business and learn techniques to help you be the very best investigator you can be. Join us as we look to elevate the profession thru effective and concise experience based knowledge and discussion. Matthew’s 24 years of investigative experience in New York City has given him a unique perspective on how to succeed from case to case. Also, tune in and hear the perspectives of the very best minds in the investigative community. Join us as we revolutionize how knowledge is shared as we break social and geographical barriers to help you be the best professional you can be. This program has topics of interest for the novice gumshoe all the way up to the seasoned professional. You never know who’s perspective will be under the magnifying glass each week. Thanks for Listening. Don't forget to rate, like and share!
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Episodes

Work Place Violence and Security

Episode 183: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. Matt decided not to skip a week and we are back to our regular format. This week we welcome Sal Lifrieri. Sal is a retired NYPD expert in security. Today we are chatting about Work Place violence and building security. Sal recently conducted a free webinar on the subject and has a great free tool to help security consultants keep buildings safe. Please welcome Sal Lifieri and your host, Private Investigators, Matt Spaier Links: Matt...

Apr 03, 202346 min

Accident Site Video Recovery

Episode 182: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. Today is short one. Matt wanted to jump on and talk about Accident site video recovery. He has some good pointers to cover if you do this type of work. It’s a solo show today so please welcome your host, Private Investigators, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.investigators-toolbox.com PI-Perspectives Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYB3MaUg8k5w3k7UuvT6s0g Sponsors:...

Mar 27, 202320 min

Due Diligence Do’s and Don’t's with Marcy Phelps

Episode 181: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. Today we welcome back our favorite due diligence blogger/investigator, Marcy Phelps. Marcy is an incredible training for Due Diligence and asset searches. Today we tackle some frequently asked questions. Please welcome Marcy Phelps and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.investigators-toolbox.com Marcy Phelps on Linkedin: Marcy Phelps Marcy’s Trainin...

Mar 20, 202344 min

Tips and Tricks for Metro Surveillance with Investigreat team

Episode 180: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. Today we welcome the dynamic duo of Terri and Adam Dornfield. They run Investigreat, an investigation company in NY that specializes in Metro area surveillance. This is a great episode to get some tips and tricks and hear some funny stories. Let’s drive right in. Please welcome Terri and Adam Dornfield and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.investig...

Mar 06, 202351 min

Homicide or Suicide with Forensics expert, Mark Gillespie

Episode 179: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. Today we have a special show. Mark Gillespie is back and we are talking about working death cases that were initially ruled Suicide. Mark explains how he got into this niche section of investigations and what to look for if this type of case comes across your desk. Please welcome Mark Gillespie and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.investigators-to...

Feb 20, 202339 min

What is the SLIC Conference

Episode 178: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. Today Alex Chilton from CGA Solutions in Georgia is back talking about the SLIC (Slick) conference. This conference is a yearly event down in Georgia and has some excellent training and networking. Let’s join the guys and learn all about it. Please welcome Alex Chilton and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.investigators-toolbox.com Alex on Linkedin...

Feb 13, 202333 min

Growing your PI Business with Dr. Chelsea Binns

Episode 177: This week we welcome Dr. Chelsea Binns. Matt originally planned to talk about Fraud prevention and Cyber-crime, but the conversation took a turn and the two ended up talking about growing a Pi Business and how to succeed. Please welcome Dr. Chelsea Binns and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.investigators-toolbox.com Chelsea on Linkedin: Chelsea Binns https://www.amazon.com/Art-Investigation-Chelse...

Feb 06, 202357 min

Using Drones for Investigations with Eric Devan

Episode 176: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. Matt welcomes back Eric Devan from Devan and Associates. Eric is an expert on using Drones for investigations and the guy’s chat about some use cases. Eric is also part of the Intellenet conference committee for 2023. This year the event takes place in Orlando Florida from March 26- through March 28th. Wanna know if you should add drone services to your Investigators toolbox? You are going to love this episode. Please welcome Eric D...

Jan 30, 202354 min

Investigators-Toolbox.com version 2.0 is here

Episode 175: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. Matt is flying solo again today. The discussion is Investigators-toolbox.com Matt has gotten several requests to show case the site and talk about what is in it. Version 2.0 is here and we are going to dive in and take look. Stick around to the end for a chance to win a free 1-year membership. Please welcome your host NY Private investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.inve...

Jan 23, 202336 min

#Osintforgood with Buddy Jericho

Episode 174: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. This month is Sex traffic awareness month and Matt asked Buddy Jericho to return to the show. Buddy is hosting the next round of Skull games at the end of the month. What’s a skull game you ask? Check out the episode and learn. Please welcome Buddy Jericho and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.investigators-toolbox.com Buddy on Linkedin : Buddy Jer...

Jan 16, 202332 min

Ethical Standards and Practices Rerun

Episode 173: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. Matt’s still on holiday, but he wanted to bring back this great episode with George Gergis. George wrote a best practices manual for ethics and standards and has made it available for all investigators. Guys like George are treasures to our industry. This one is worth a refresher. Please welcome George Gergis and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.i...

Jan 02, 202344 min

Cynthia Hetherington returns

Episode 172: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. Matt’s taking a little break during the holidays, but we wanted to bring back a great episode with Cynthia Hetherington. Cynthia and her team provide first class training for Open Source investigations and several of her courses can be found for free on Investigators toolbox. Please welcome Cynthia Hetherington and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www...

Dec 28, 202254 min

Using Juror research with Michael Morelli

Episode 171: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. We are back to a regular show format this week. Today we welcome ID reveal’s Michael Morelli. Michael specializes in Juror research. This is cutting edge research and is quickly becoming a go to for the research community. Michael talks about how an investigator can gain an edge using his platform, ID Reveal. Please welcome Michael Morelli and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com...

Dec 12, 202235 min

How to be a Successful Private Investigator

Episode 170: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. We have an incredible episode for you this week. Its Roundtable time. Today we welcome, Andrea Orozco, Eddie Ajaeb and Kelly Riddle. Are you a new PI? Are you thinking about becoming a PI? Are you in business for less than 5 years? If so, this episode is for you. For the next hour or so, you gain some insight and suggestions in how to make it in this business. This panel is made up of some of the best minds in this industry. Please ...

Dec 05, 202255 min

Surveillance Deconfliction

Episode 169: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. Jim Nanos is back and we are talking surveillance. Jim has a great perspective on a technique called Deconfliction. What does this mean? Matt had no idea either. Seriously though, it’s a great topic and this is a great episode. Please welcome Jim Nanos and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.investigators-toolbox.com Jim on Linkedin : James Nanos Jim...

Nov 28, 202242 min

Private Investigators & Espionage

Episode 168: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. On November 14th the NY Times published an article about private Investigators being used as tools by foreign governments for espionage. We had Wes Bearden on a few weeks ago to discuss this topic and today we welcome him back for some follow up. Please welcome Wes Bearden and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.investigators-toolbox.com Wes on Linke...

Nov 21, 202236 min

NCISS president, Tina Thomas

Episode 167: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. This week, we are happy to welcome Tina Thomas from Subrosa Investigations. Subrosa is a multi-state investigation company and Tina holds several hats for the company. She is also the current present of NCISS. Please welcome Tina Thomas and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.investigators-toolbox.com Tina on Linkedin : Tina Thomas Tina email: tthoma...

Nov 14, 202241 min

Canadian Investigations with Remi Kalacyan

Episode 166: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. We are back to our regular forma this week. Today, Remi Kalacyan visits the show to discuss Investigations in Canada and crossing the border during the course of an investigation. Remi is based out of Quebec Canada and owns VIP Investigations. Please welcome Remi and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.investigators-toolbox.com Remi on Linkedin : Rem...

Nov 07, 202242 min

Crowd Sourcing Investigations

Episode 165: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. Matt was in Alexandria Virgina last week for the NALI conference so we are dipping into an older episode that is worthy of a re-run. Today we are bringing back the Sheila Wysocki episode. Sheila has been featured on Dateline and A&E Biography for her work in solving cold case murders. She uses a technique called crowd sourcing where she engages the podcast listener to provide clues to these open cases. She is known for her Witho...

Oct 31, 202249 min

Orep Insurance’s Isaac Peck

Episode 164: Intro: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI-Perspectives. Today we are talking about insurance for Private Investigators and we are joined by the president of OREP, Isaac Peck. Isaac breaks down some myths about insurance and why you need to make sure you are covered. This is a necessary part of your business model. You don’t need it, until you really need it. Please welcome Isaac Peck and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Lin...

Oct 24, 202239 min

Conflict International's Mike Tapling and Joseph Hill

Episode 163: Welcome to this Week's episode of PI-Perspectives. We have a 2 for 1 this week as we are joined by Michael Tapling and Joseph Hill from Conflict International. Michael is Vice President of US operations and Joseph is Vice President of Technical operations for this great multinational company. Conflict has expanded its operations in the United States and the guys are here to discuss how they can help your needs. Please welcome Mike Tapling, Joe Hill and your host, Private Investigato...

Oct 17, 202246 min

Catch Me If You Can with Javier Leiva

Episode 162: Welcome to PI-Perspectives. Do you remember the movie, Catch Me If You Can? Ya know, the one with Leo Decaprio where he is cast as Frank Abegnale, a con man who evades the FBI for years. Today we welcome back Javier Leiva. You may remember Javier from our Valentine’s scam show this year. Javier as a great 8-part segment on his Pretend podcast. It’s an absolute must listen. Javier breaks down the life of Frank Abegnale and even confronts him on his claim to fame. Please welcome Javie...

Oct 10, 202240 min

Catching up with Skopenow

Episode 161: Intro: Welcome to PI-Perspectives, this week Skopenow’s Dean Cornelison returns to give us some updates on the platform. Skopenow has taken some real jumps forward this year and they are getting ready to release version 4.0. Dean comes from an investigator background and has some great insight. Please welcome Dean and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.investigators-toolbox.com Dean on Linkedin : De...

Oct 03, 202242 min

OSMOSIS 2022 Episode 4

Episode 160: Intro: Welcome to PI-Perspectives. Today we bring you the last installment for this year’s OSMOSIS conference in St. Pete Florida from October 16th through 18th. This episode we welcome Arno Reuser and Rachel Kronenfeld. Arno is discussing his own methodology and Rachel will be discussing how to find Social Media account users. We are heading down the finish line with only a few more weeks until the conference kicks off. Please welcome our first guest, Arno Reuser and your host, Pri...

Sep 26, 202234 min

Planning an exit strategy with Peter Psarouthakis

Episode 159: Intro: Welcome to PI-Perspectives, this week we welcome back long time PI, Peter Psarouthakis Peter built a career in investigations and serving in many associations. He is winding down his full-time career and is here to talk about that experience. Please welcome Peter and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.investigators-toolbox.com Peter on Linkedin : Peter Psarouthakis PI-Perspectives Youtube lin...

Sep 19, 202254 min

OSMOSIS 2022 Segment 3

Episode 158: Welcome to PI-Perspectives. Today we bring you the next installment for this year’s OSMOSIS conference in St. Pete Florida from October 16th through 18th. This episode we welcome Peter Warmka, Kara Galles and Allison Sullivan Peter is talking about the Deepfakes and AI, Kara discusses foreign language and OSINT and Allison will be on an OSINT expert panel discussing trends and threats. Please welcome our first guest, Peter Warmka and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Link...

Sep 12, 202244 min

Post conviction investigations with Dan Collins

Episode 157: Welcome to PI-Perspectives and we hope you are having a great Labor Day. We all work so hard in this industry and we are sure there are some folks working today building cases. Today Matt welcomes Dan Collins from Massachusetts. We're continuing the theme of criminal investigations and today we are getting Dan’s take on Post-Conviction investigations. These are the type of cases that can keep you up at night for sure. Let’s get in to it. Please welcome Dan Collins and your host, Pri...

Sep 05, 202236 min

OSMOSIS 2022 Episode 2

Episode 156: Welcome to PI-Perspectives. Today we bring you the next installment for this year’s OSMOSIS conference in St. Pete Florida from October 16th through 18th. This episode we welcome Chris Poulter, Mariel Klosterman and Buddy Jericho. Chris is Talking about the Dark Web, Mariel continues to talk to us about Sock Puppets in detail and Buddy dives into the world of sex trafficking and OSINT. Please welcome our first guest, Chris Poulter and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Lin...

Aug 29, 202243 min

Remembering John Lajoie

Episode 155: Welcome to PI-Perspectives. Matt is bringing back Episode 48 with John Lajoie. John, the former National Director for NALI, passed away a few weeks ago and we wanted to reintroduce our listeners to him. He was an amazing story teller and one of the best in the business. Let’s jump right in to Episode 48. Please welcome John Lajoie and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.investigators-toolbox.com PI-P...

Aug 22, 202259 min

OSMOSIS 2022 Episode 1

Episode 154: Welcome to PI-Perspectives. Today we begin our look into this year’s OSMOSIS conference in St. Pete Florida from October 16th through 18th. This episode we welcome Billy Rodgers and Paraben’s Amber Schroader. Billy dives in to Web 3.0 and Amber is talking about OSINT and gaming communities. Please welcome these outstanding speakers and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier Links: Matt’s email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com Linkedin: Matthew Spaier www.investigators-toolbox.com PI-...

Aug 15, 202238 min
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