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Who are those guys?

The history of Private

Investigations in America.

Ray Pezolt CPP has been performing investigations and operating his own private
investigation and consulting company for 45 years. As Manager of Consulting and
Investigations for Advantage Security, Inc. in Aurora, CO, his duties include
supervising investigators and performing investigations in the Rocky Mountain
Region.

After four years in The US Navy, Mr. Pezolt went to work for a large security company
and rapidly advanced to the investigation division. He worked for a short time as
security director of a major food distribution company before starting his own
investigation company in 1976. The company specialized in business and industrial
investigations. Most recently he has specialized in the use of computers and the
Internet to conduct “internet profiling” investigations. Mr. Pezolt has conducted
internet profiling research and investigations on five continents.
During his career, Mr. Pezolt has conducted investigations and consulting
assignments for hundreds of clients including several US Fortune 100 companies,
law enforcement agencies and media sources. Mr. Pezolt has assisted with several
complex legal and business investigations, and has conducted training in computer
research subjects for law enforcement agencies, private business and investigation
agencies.

Mr. Pezolt is one of the original founders of the PPIAC in Colorado. He is the co-
author of the book “Basic Guidelines for Executive Protection”, and has assisted
as technical advisor on three Emmy-award winning documentaries concerning
investigative subjects. “I Know You” A documentary for ABC news examined the
use and access of legal, public sources of information to learn supposedly “private”
data about various individuals.

Mr. Pezolt has been a teacher, author and featured subject of numerous television
news stories and print media.

Mr. Pezolt has been designated a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) by ASIS
International. He graduated from Metro State College in Denver and is a graduate
of the American Institute of Applied Science course Forensic Science “Civil and
Criminal Identification and Investigation.”