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SI - Special Investigations Limited Company

SI - Special Investigations Limited is a professional services firm and government contractor specializing in investigations, intelligence, and cybersecurity, with headquarters in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Operating through three business units — SPECINV, SI Cyber, and SI Training — SI serves both commercial and government clients, all while maintaining a strong focus on mission-driven service and community engagement as a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.

Founded

2014

Industry

Finance and Banking

Notable Facts

Veteran-owned, Minority-owned

2024 Honoree in Global Stars

SI - Special Investigations Limited Company has been recognized as a Global Star. This category celebrates businesses that have made remarkable strides in expanding their reach across international borders and increasing their global footprint over the last year. These businesses have successfully navigated the complexities and overcome the challenges of global expansion and operating in different markets. The CO—100 is the annual list of the 100 best and brightest small and mid-sized businesses in America.


Overview–

SI - Special Investigations Limited Company Overview

Leadership

CEO

Michael Pocalyko

Contact

Address

459 Carlisle Dr Ste B Herndon, VA 20170-5607

Social

Chamber

Local Chamber

Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce

Chamber Phone

Chamber Address

730 Elden Street Herndon, VA 20170

About SI - Special Investigations Limited Company

SI is a professional services firm and government contractor in the investigations, intelligence, and cyber sectors, based in the Washington DC metropolitan area, operating three business units worldwide: SPECINV Special Investigations, SI Cyber, and SI Training. A federal government prime contractor serving commercial and government clients, SI is the first investigative firm ever formed out of the securities and financial services industriesan exceptional American innovation in the global financial system. SI has operating net margins in excess of 80 percent. In 2024, SI is entering a new phase of growth and capitalization. The company has performed some of the most sensitive investigations in recent history for the US government and for state and local governments and public higher education clients. SI serves commercial clients in 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 engagementsdeploying proprietary methods of investigations alongside innovative customized solutions. SI Training, the SI business unit about to become operational in 3Q FY 2024, trains profesional investigators and anti-fraud professionals under license from the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services. SI is headed by an experienced executive who is a retired senior naval officer and was an international corporate chaira DC regional public figure and the most recent past president of Washingtons storied Cosmos Club. The SI equity partner executives all have major corporate and government contracting experience. The SI CEO and Managing Director are full-time operating executives. The companys 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. SIs corporate culture is communitarian, always about client delivery, emphasizing Mission-Task-Purpose in the nations service. SI is certified as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, and is especially active in the northern Virginia community, supporting the Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce (CEO Michael Pocalyko is one of the Dulles 28 chamber leaders) and eleven national professional associations. Managing Director Ellen Cole has been a national leader in mentorship for women in small business for three decades, and a not-for-profit Board chair. SI has participated in US Chamber of Commerce events in Washington since 2015. Michael Pocalyko was a key member of the US Chambers Ukraine Task Force headed by then-CEO Thomas J. Donohue Sr. and then-Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker; he was later featured by Forbes as one of the 40 Global Ukrainians prominent in international businessfifteen Americans among them. The SI headquarters office is in the SugarOak Office Retreat complex in Herndon, Virginia, with workspace offices in Reston, Virginia, Washington DC, and Chevy Chase, Maryland. SI has active government contracts in Virginia and Maryland.

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