Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Joe is a graduate of the National Crime Prevention Institute, School of Police Administration, the University of Louisville. He was a founding member of the Harris County District Attorney’s Organized Crime Bureau in Houston, TX. Joe has over 50-years of financial investigation and forensic research experience. He has lectured nationally and internationally on financial investigation and judgment enforcement. After serving as a Detective Sergeant with the Houston Police Department. Joe founded the Oil & Gas Crime Prevention Bureau. He is an internationally recognized expert and instructor on financial investigations and judgment enforcement and has trained members of the FBI, DEA, Secret Service, IRS, SEC, Postal Inspectors, US Attorneys Staff, Attorney General staff, Texas Rangers and various law enforcement agencies, bar associations, regulators, trade associations and professional groups.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Instructor
Joe develops and teaches courses and seminars on civil judgment enforcement, fraud recovery and financial research, recovery and case management for government agents, industry trade groups and attorneys:
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- IRS Criminal Investigation Division
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- United States Attorney’s Office
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- National Association of Legal Investigators
- Colorado Association of Robbery Investigators
- International Association of Credit Card Investigators
- American Banking Institute
- National Crime Prevention Institute
- Texas Crime Prevention Institute
- Texas Rangers
- Texas A&M University
- University of Louisville
- University of Tulsa
- University of Denver College of Law
- University of Denver – Daniels College of Business
- Metro State College of Denver
- Regis University
Author
Joe’s publications include:
- Financial Investigation for Asset Recovery
- Applying The Seventh Basic Investigative Technique to Civil Judgment Enforcement
- Analyzing Financial Transactions in the Investigation of Organized Crime
- White Collar Crime Targets and Civil Fraud
- The Good News About Fraudulent Transfers
ACCREDITATION
- Certified Fraud Examiner
- Certified Financial Investigator
AFFILIATIONS
- American Bar Association – Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Group
- ASIS International
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- International Association for Asset Recovery
- National Association of Certified Investigators — Founder/President
- National Association of Legal Investigators – Former Director
- World Association of Detectives
- International Intelligence Network (Intellenet)
- National Council of Investigators and Security Services – Former Chairman Audit Committee – Former Treasurer
- Turn Around Management Association
- Columbine United Church — Finance Committee/Audit Committee
- Legal Community Credit Union of Colorado – former Director & Treasurer