Co-Founder & Director of Special Investigations Unit (SIU)

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Our Co-founder has over 20 years of combined IT security, private investigations, and executive protection experience. She is a graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and has a long history in the private investigation world, first obtaining her license over 20 years ago while working with her father who owned a private investigations and security firm. Those initial years in the P.I. field involved many child-care and senior center investigations to help families identify the best placements for their loved ones, both young and old. After a few years, she had a desire to enter Corporate America and it didn’t take long for her to find a passion for IT Security. During a 15+ year career in governance, risk, and compliance, she initially worked for Fortune 500 companies and later at small startups and offered private consulting for startups. In 2013, our Co-founder started her own private investigation firm, Savvy Investigations & Solutions, becoming one of only a handful of female owners of a PI firm in the State of North Carolina.

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In the IT Security space, she has over 15 years of analytical and regulatory compliance experience and a passion for research and investigations with strong attention to detail and a solid reputation for driving results. Her ability to organize, prioritize and work under extreme work pressure, heavy workload and deadlines has solidified her position in this space. Her focus was on governance, risk, and compliance, helping various IT organizations and software technology firms keep their business and customer data safe by building Information Security Management Systems compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001 and FedRAMP. Earning her Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) designation in 2016 propelled her to Director status allowing her to manage teams of IT Security professionals with the same goals and dedication to security. 

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Her extensive training and experience in IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Management along with her many years in the Private Investigations industry made her an easy choice to lead Investigate NC's Special Investigations Unit (SIU). SIU provides comprehensive computer-based investigative support for background investigations, asset searches, skip tracing, online dating investigations, case intake preparation, hidden social media accounts, and strategies to mitigate fraudulent insurance claims. She stays at the forefront of technology, and is no stranger to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and searching the Dark Web. Her claim to fame is her ability to reclaim information often lost in the vast sea of digital information across the web. Basically, if the data is in cyberspace, she will find it.

 

Our Co-Founder is fully licensed as a Private Investigator and in Close Personal Protection in the State of North Carolina, a member of the North Carolina Association of Private Investigators where she serves as Vice President of the Programs and Education Committee and a member of the National Council of Investigation and Security Services (NCISS) where she serves on the Professional Development Committee.

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Our Co-founder is a devoted wife, doting mother, avid reader, loves to travel and plan family gatherings.​​