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Leadership Behind Us

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Bradley Pfanner

President

Bradley began his investigative work in law enforcement in 1999 as a police officer in Northern Ohio. In 2010, he moved to California and began working as a private investigator, with a special focus on conducting surveillance and background investigations for a wide variety of matters. As a result of that experience, Bradley has developed a varied skillset that, when combined with his tireless focus on conducting quality investigations that center on results above all else, makes him a force to be reckoned with. Bradley has been nationally recognized in several television shows for his investigative work

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Matt Andrews

Director of Operations

With a background that includes journalism, corporate training, and management, Matt began his investigative career in 2009 as an AOE/COE Investigator for a Bay Area firm. He found a natural affinity and aptitude for the work, and it soon became his passion. In 2012, he began overseeing a variety of investigations throughout the Western United States, and by 2015 he was intimately involved in managing the marketing and day-to-day operations of a private investigative firm. With unparalleled tenacity, an outside-the-box approach, and a commitment to client satisfaction, Matt aims to work together with clients to help them get what they need with any investigation.

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Paul Netto

Director of Surveillance Services

With over 35 years of investigative and law enforcement experience, Paul has personally conducted and supervised thousands of surveillance cases. Paul believes that proper planning, client communication and always staying several steps ahead of your subject is the best way to conduct an effective investigation. It's this mindset that sets Paul and CalStar apart from other investigative firms. Paul runs a team that specializes in video surveillance utilizing hi-tech digital equipment and hidden cameras. Paul is known for never blowing his cover and has an exceptionally high success rate for catching claimants unexpectedly. Paul and his team have provided hundreds of hours of expert testimony for clients in the courtroom.

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Niveah Kalata

Surveillance Administrative Manager

With a natural fascination and a slight obsession to understand the how and why, Niveah began her investigative career in 2017 and realized her inherent instinct for the investigative process. Niveah enjoys working on surveillance investigations from start to finish, with a special focus on details that can make or break a case. She particularly revels in finding solutions for tricky cases. Paired with her fastidiousness, Niveah has successfully guided her team by creating and implementing solution-based processes to provide the client with a thorough investigation and a polished product.

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Will Phillips

Statements Department Manager

A native of California, Will began his career in the insurance industry in 1999. He has worked for several nationwide carriers and has been able to specialize in various disciplines including sales, adjusting, and underwriting. Additionally, Will has taught classes in insurance law and ethics to new licensees. After transitioning to the private investigative field in 2014, Will found his passion in tracking down insurance fraud and holding those responsible to task. He has personally performed thousands of in-person interviews and conducted hundreds of successful investigations. A believer in empathy-based interviews, Will and his entire department pride themselves on uncovering hard to get information, focusing on results while other companies check boxes.

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Christopher Straubinger

Backgrounds Department Manager

As a professional investigator for nearly a decade, a historian prior, and a lifelong insightful observer of people and their stories, Chris brings a thoughtful, detail-oriented, and thorough approach to leading our Background Department. Any scope or scale of investigation—from a specific piece of information to an exhaustive accounting of a subject’s life and connections—he’ll find a way through if a way exists to find, whether the route is direct or sidelong. This combination of overt and esoteric methods also contributes to superior results for our other departments’ investigations, as Chris brings his and his team’s dogged-but-considered approach to the most daunting challenges, guided always by an indomitable will to solve.