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.
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), and the Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce (DRCC).
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.”