“TRUST STARTS & ENDS WITH THE TRUTH”
“TRUST STARTS & ENDS WITH THE TRUTH”
There is simply no substitute for experience. Our team consists of well-trained, highly experienced professionals from all across the country. In addition to their extensive experience, all of our private investigators have the resources and professional backgrounds that guarantee the best possible results for your investigation.
No two cases are alike, so every private investigation we undertake is customized to meet the needs of each individual case. Regardless of how unique or difficult, the Southern Recon Agency investigation team has far-ranging experience to professionally
handle your case.
Southern Recon Agency is a fully licensed investigative agency servicing, Tampa, Sarasota and all of Florida. Our agency license is A-1400197.
Meet the dedicated professionals behind our ironclad commitment for providing the highest level of investigative services and outcomes.
Matt Aubin is the Founder and Managing Partner of Southern Recon Agency, LLC. He started the firm in 2010 and built it into one of the most recognized investigation agencies in the country, ranked the #1 private investigator in Tampa and Orlando every year since 2015.
Sixteen years in, he still works cases. He leads the agency’s counter-surveillance practice, sweeping homes, offices, vehicles, aircraft, and boats for hidden cameras, microphones, and trackers. He built its digital forensics program, which examines phones, computers, and networks for spyware and unauthorized access. And when a client needs to know who is behind something, that is the part of the job he is known for.
He is a court-qualified expert witness in cyber intelligence and cyber forensics. He has worked cybercrime cases jointly with the FBI, SEC, U.S. Secret Service, and U.S. Marshals, is a member of the U.S. Secret Service Miami Electronic Crimes Task Force and FBI InfraGard Tampa, and holds a DOD Secret Clearance.
Matt is a Certified TSCM Technician, Certified Digital Forensics Examiner, and Florida Board Certified Investigator. He has served on the board of the Florida Association of Licensed Investigators since 2016 and has trained investigators nationwide on the use of AI in investigations. His work has been featured by ABC News, Fox News, and The Daily Beast.
Holly Taylor is responsible for successfully handling and supervising over a thousand local investigations and has excelled in covert surveillance and high, profile cases of undercover work to background investigations, traffic accident/reconstruction,
insurance, probate/missing heirs, asset, domestic, and with a specialty in child custody cases.
Holly transitioned into investigations after she worked her way to the highest ranks in the hospitality industry, including day to day operations of managing the financial and administrative duties of a business and related aspects to the direction and training of a large staff. Holly’s interpersonal social skills, critical thinking, and ability to react quickly to the situation at hand has given her unique advantages as an investigator and as the director of our Surveillance and Field operations. Holly has been a major part of Southern Recon Agency for nearly a decade and her contributions have been significant factors for Southern Recon Agency being the Top-Rated Private Investigation Firm in Orlando since 2015.
Holly’s qualifications include:
Mark is head of corporate investigations and a practicing Attorney at Law. He has more than 23 years of experience in a wide variety of legal disciplines, including civil litigation, criminal law, family law, contracts, bankruptcy, probate and all manner of general business law. Mark also serves as General Legal Counsel for The Florida Association of Licensed Investigators (FALI), which represents close to 1,000 licensed investigators throughout the State of Florida.
Mark’s qualifications include:
Rick has more than 30 years of international experience as a private investigator and is one of the country’s top experts in surveillance and counter surveillance. He has been trained and personally mentored by former FBI agents, U.S. Marshals, Israeli
Intelligence officers and CIA agents.
Rick’s qualifications include:
Prior to joining SRA, Jeff spent the last fifteen years as a top global competitor in professional computer gaming at the highest pinnacle for the eSports industry. Jeff represented team USA as co-captain across international gaming competitions in over
fifteen different countries. After achieving his goal of reaching number one in the world for his specific game, Jeff decided to retire from competitive gaming and follow his inspired passion in becoming a licensed private investigator specializing in Cyber
Crimes. Jeff’s extensive experience in the internet gaming word and familiarity with the internet and his vast computer skills and knowledge has made him a significant asset and Lead Investigator to our Cyber Investigations team.
As an Investigator, Jeff has assisted in pioneering new break through in cybercrime investigations including unique new tactics in tracing down international cyber criminals and development of new intelligence and investigation procedures and software programs to further our ability to serve various corporate and legal clients with both proactive intelligence and in response to complex fraud and cyber crimes.
Jeff looks at Investigating and solving cases very similar to international gaming – there’s an objective and the objective is to win and defeat your opponent. This theory of logic combined with the support and resources of our team has helped Jeff find
continued success and develop an ongoing passion for the industry.
Jeff is an active member of the FALI organization (Florida Association of Licensed Investigators).