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Paul Chamberlain, President
Paul Chamberlain founded
PCI in 1981, after a distinguished nineteen-year career as a Special Agent
of the FBI. As President of the firm, he directs all investigation,
analysis and consultation services.
Mr. Chamberlain began
his FBI career in 1962 at the Bureau's Los Angeles office. After serving in
San Antonio, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, he returned to Los Angeles where he
was involved almost exclusively in the investigation of kidnappings,
hijackings and extortions. He has worked on hundreds of kidnapping and
extortion cases, as well as many major FBI investigations throughout the
country.
In 1975, Mr. Chamberlain
was appointed supervisor for the Los Angeles FBI and directed
investigations of white collar crime, major theft, political corruption and
organized crime. He also coordinated all undercover activities and gained
national recognition as an expert in this area. He has assisted many
federal, state and local law enforcement agencies nationwide in organizing
undercover operations.
Mr. Chamberlain has been
honored with numerous awards and citations from the FBI, local law
enforcement agencies and the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
(LEAA).
Mr. Chamberlain has a
bachelor's degree in Psychology, with extensive education in Criminology.
Mr. Chamberlain is a member of the Society of Former Special Agents of the
FBI.
Ralph B. Kelsch – Lead Investigator –
Commercial Investigations
Ralph Kelsch has a total
of thirty-four years experience in law enforcement, including twenty-seven
years with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. For eighteen years with
the L.A. Sheriff's Department, Mr. Kelsch served in the Detective Bureau
where he was Supervisor of Narcotics and Crimes Against Property. Mr.
Kelsch has served as Project Director in several federally-funded
operations where he worked jointly with the FBI. He has received numerous
awards from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), U.S. Customs, the FBI and
local law enforcement agencies.
With PCI since 1987, Mr.
Kelsch supervises all covert commercial investigations and PCI educational
programs relating to narcotics and dangerous drugs in the workplace.
Stephen J. Rybar – Lead Investigator
– Compliance Monitoring/Financial Fraud
Stephen Rybar comes to
PCI with over 27 years of investigative experience. Prior to joining PCI, Mr.
Rybar served 12 years as a Special Agent of the FBI in Chicago, New York,
San Francisco and Las Vegas. He received special training in fraud
investigation, crisis and stress management and undercover techniques. He
consequently specialized in the investigation of bank fraud, advance-fee
cases, white-collar crime, bank robbery and theft.
In addition, he served
as an FBI relief supervisor and assisted in the creation and organization
of surveillance and undercover operations. He has received many letters of
commendation for his outstanding FBI achievements.
Mr. Rybar's previous
experience includes two years as an Intelligence Officer in the United
States Army and production management with the United States Steel
Corporation. While serving with military intelligence, he was responsible
for all areas of security for highly classified materials, with special
emphasis on communications security. Mr. Rybar has a BA in Business
Administration from Kent State University.
Jack Trimarco – Certified Polygraph
Examiner
Jack Trimarco retired
from the FBI after twenty years of service as a Special Agent. During his
career there, Mr. Trimarco specialized as a hostage negotiator for the
Sacramento and Los Angeles divisions and was credited with the release of
over 100 hostages. While with the Bureau, Mr. Trimarco also worked as a
Psychological Profiler and Interrogation Instructor. Mr. Trimarco also is a
recognized expert in the field of interviewing and interrogation and has
conducted training for the FBI Academy, CIA, US Department of Justice and
numerous other federal, state and local agencies.
In addition, Mr.
Trimarco is known nationally for his successes as a polygraph examiner.
During his career with the FBI, Mr. Trimarco conducted over 1,100 FBI
polygraph examinations throughout the world. The majority of these
examinations involved criminal violations which included the Centennial
Olympic Park bombing, the "Unabomber" bombings, the
"Whitewater" investigation and the World Trade Center (1993) and
Oklahoma City bombings. Mr. Trimarco has a BS in psychology from the
University of Montana with an additional emphasis in psychophysiology.
Wayne A. McEwan – Certified Fraud
Examiner – White Collar Crime
Wayne A. McEwan served
28 years of distinguished service with the Internal Revenue Service,
Criminal Investigation Division. Mr. McEwan has extensive experience in tax
fraud and financial investigations, both domestic and international in
scope; including forensic accounting, evidence analysis, and an expertise
in the application of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. He retired as the
Senior Special Agent-in-Charge of the Los Angeles Field Office and also
held this position in San Jose, Orange County, and San Diego. He has
supervised investigations for Federal White Collar and other criminal
violations, both domestic and international in scope, including tax
evasion, money laundering, illegal currency transactions, perjury,
conspiracy, bank fraud, public corruption, bankruptcy fraud, and healthcare
fraud. In addition, he was involved in investigations of narcotics
traffickers and narcotics-related money laundering.
Mr. McEwan is a
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) with the Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners. In addition, he is a member of the Association of Former Special
Agents – IRS/CID and the Federal Criminal Investigators Association (FCIA).
Mr. McEwan has a Masters Degree in Public Administration and a Bachelor of
Arts Degree in Political Science from California State University, Long
Beach.
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