ABOUT
SI is a professional services firm and government contractor in the investigations, intelligence, and cyber sectors, based in the Washington DC metropolitan area, operating business units SPECINV – Special Investigations and SI Cyber worldwide.
SI is a federal government prime contractor serving commercial and government clients. The corporation began operations in 2014 as Special Investigations Limited Company, the first investigative firm formed out of the securities and financial services industries.
The corporation has offices in Herndon and Reston, Virginia, in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and in the District of Columbia. SI’s investigations and engagements are global in scope and geography.
SI serves clients in a broad range of industries and sectors including government, financial services, wealth management, health care, insurance, law, transportation, construction, information technology, not-for-profit, and professional services.
SPECINV – Special Investigations has deep experience in fraud, financial forensics, corruption, global anti-money laundering operations, sexual misconduct in the workplace, and the employment of skills and methodologies of the Intelligence Community.
SI Cyber, the SI business unit addressing cybersecurity needs of the federal government, state and local government, and corporations, takes a distinctly different approach to cyberadvisory engagements—deploying proprietary methods of investigations alongside innovative customized solutions.
SI acquired Enterprise Applications, Inc. in 2017 to provide a comprehensive range of business process optimization solutions for government agencies and commercial clients.
SI is headed by an experienced executive who is a retired senior naval officer and was an international corporate chair. There are two SI equity partner executives, each with major corporate and government contracting experience. The SI CEO and Managing Director are full-time operating executives. The company’s Advisory Board has five C-level executives, all military officer veterans, and all of whom have major corporate, financial, capital foundation, entrepreneurial, service sector, and federal GOVCON experience.
SI’s corporate culture is communitarian, always about client delivery, emphasizing Mission-Task-Purpose in the nation’s service.
SI was first federally certified as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) within the meaning of 38 C.F.R. § 74.1 by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE). SI has been continuously certified as an SDVOSB by the US government since September 28, 2017. When the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA 2021) transferred SDVOSB certification from the VA to the Small Business Administration (SBA), SI was SDVOSB certified by the SBA Veteran Small Business Certification Program (VetCert). The company’s most recent federal SDVOSB certification was affirmed by the SBA in a letter dated October 4, 2024. SI is listed in the federal database of SDVOSB government contractors with certification expiration date of October 16, 2025.
SI has been state certified in 2017, and re-certified in 2020 as a Small, Disabled Veteran Owned Business meeting all of the requirements set forth under the Code of Virginia §§ 2.2-16.1 et seq. and the Virginia Administrative Code 7 VAC 13-20 et seq., by the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (DSBSD) Small, Women-Owned, and Minority Owned Business (SWaM) certification program, by SWaM status notification letter 725245 dated November 12, 2020. The SI Virginia SWaM certification expiration date is November 12, 2025.
Michael Pocalyko is the majority equity member of SI upon whose service-disabled veteran status the SDVOSB certifications of the company are based.
The Governor of Virginia has certified SI as a V3 Company in the Virginia Values Veterans Program for commitment to recruiting, hiring, training, and retaining veterans and serving members of the National Guard and Reserve. V3 certification means that SI has demonstrated a commitment in the public trust to hire veterans. V3 is an official Commonwealth of Virginia program authorized by Code of Virginia § 2.2-2001.2, organized by the Directorate of Veterans Education, Training, and Employment (VETE) within the Virginia Department of Veterans Services (DVS), an agency of the Commonwealth Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs. SI’s V3 certification was issued by the Governor on May 1, 2021.
In 2024 the U.S. Chamber of Commerce named SI to the inaugural class of the CO—100, the “100 best and brightest small and mid-sized businesses across America.”
SI was recognized as a “Global Star” for “serving commercial and government clients, all while maintaining a strong focus on mission-driven service and community engagement.” The first-ever CO—100 Honorees, the U.S. Chamber wrote, “shine through their inspiring ideas and the ways they overcome challenges, enrich community impact, foster vibrant company cultures, and engage customers,” honored as “trailblazers who are shaping the future of small business.”
More than 14,000 companies nationwide were considered for this pinnacle of national small business honors. SI was the only professional services firm in its industry sectors—and the only SDVOSB—to be selected.
SI is a regulated business entity providing private security services and investigative services licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, VA DCJS 11-8775.
SI is licensed by DCJS to provide entry-level qualification (02E) and biennial in-service instruction (02I) in person and online to private investigators, and firearms endorsement qualification and requalification (07E and 07R) to private security services registrants, with training school license VA DCJS 88-10529.
SI is affiliated with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), the National Association of Legal Investigators (NALI), the Private Investigators Association of Virginia (PIAVA), the Virginia Professional Investigative and Security Association (VA PISA), the National Council of Investigation & Security Services (NCISS), the Investigative & Security Professionals for Legislative Action (ISPLA), the Council of Association Leaders (COAL), the Fraternal Order of Investigators (FOI), the National Veteran Small Business Coalition (NVSBC), the Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce (DRCC), and CO—by U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The corporation’s legal registered name is Special Investigations Limited Company, Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) entity S485639-1, active and in good standing continuously since the filing of Articles of Organization as a limited liability company on January 6, 2014. SI’s registered d/b/a identities at the SCC, the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), and the Commonwealth of Virginia 19th Judicial Circuit Court, Fairfax County, are: SI, Special Investigations, SI Cyber, SI Training, Enterprise Applications, EA; Special Investigations Ltd; specinv.com; sicyber.com, and specinvtraining.com. SI is registered in the Corporation Division of the District of Columbia Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), with corporation registry number L00005023915. SI is registered in the Charter Division of the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), with corporation registry number Z19131127, as “Special Investigations LLC aka Special Investigations Limited Company.”
Kenneth Brier is Partner of Castle Drawbridge and President of Mountbatten Holdings. For 21 years he was Chairman and President of First Sealord Surety and its successor corporations, taking the company public on the NASDAQ and later merging with the Zurich Group of Companies. He has been a real estate developer, college and university Trustee, and served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. A retired Army colonel and combat veteran, he commanded a battalion in the Persian Gulf War. He is a graduate of Ohio University and the Army War College who earned his MBA at Southern Methodist University and his MPA at the Harvard Kennedy School.
James Franklin is CFO of KordUSA, Inc. and Principal of Prodigy Capital Consulting Group. He is an entrepreneurial financier and accomplished corporate strategist with broad experience in senior executive- and board-level advisory services, from venture-backed start-ups to Fortune Global 50 international companies. He has been CFO of five development-stage technology corporations. A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, fighter pilot, and test pilot, he is a veteran of air combat in the Persian Gulf War and holds a BS degree from Mississippi State and an MA degree from the University of Alabama, with executive education from MIT.
David Jones is an experienced financial services and GOVCON executive, most recently the Navy Federal Credit Union Regional Manager for the military branches in the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast and Europe. He was CEO of The Spectrum Group, Operations Manager for Citi’s Manhattan Division, their largest retail banking unit, and led the operational integration for Citi’s acquisition of First American Bank in Texas. A retired Navy Captain, he commanded a nuclear attack submarine and a submarine squadron, and was a military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He has a BS from the Naval Academy and a PhD in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Kevin Sheehan is Managing General Partner of Multiplier Capital, previously serving as President and CEO of ORIX Venture Finance. While he manages Multiplier Capital overall, he also has special responsibilities for defense technology and cybersecurity investments at the firm, and formerly served as an Advisor to the US Army Venture Capital Initiative. He was a State Department special assistant, an attorney at Wachtel Lipton, International Affairs Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, and an Army infantry commander and staff officer in Germany. He is a West Point graduate who earned his PhD degree in political science from Harvard and his JD at Columbia as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Mark Young is founder and CEO of Credibility, LLC, formerly Senior Vice President of IronNet Cybersecurity and President and General Counsel of Ronin Analytics. He was executive director and technical advisor to the Director of the National Security Agency, Special Counsel for Defense Intelligence to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, and is a member of the board of the Norwich University Advanced Research Institute. A carrier-based Navy E-2C pilot and senior staff officer at the NSA, he graduated from Norwich University then earned his MS degree in Strategic Intelligence at the National Intelligence University and his law degree at the University of Maryland.