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Dave E. Zulawski
Chairman CFI/Senior Partner/Speaker

David E. Zulawski, CFI, CFE. is a 1973 graduate of Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois.  After college, Mr. Zulawski spent two years with the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad as a Special Agent primarily investigating thefts from interstate shipments in northern Illinois.  He then accepted a police officer position with the Barrington, Illinois Police Department. As a police officer, his duties included patrol, investigations and evidence technician.  In 1978, He joined the staff of John E. Reid and Associates as a polygraph examiner, seminar instructor and was later named Director of the Police and Fire Applicant Screening Division at the firm. In 1980, Mr. Zulawski joined Reid Psychological Systems as a sales representative marketing paper and pencil honesty tests.

Mr. Zulawski is a founding partner of Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates, Inc. and is responsible for research and development.   He is a licensed polygraph examiner in Illinois and Indiana and has personally conducted over 9,000 interviews and polygraph examinations.  Mr. Zulawski also is Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Center for Interviewer Standards and Assessment and worked to develop the Certified Forensic Interviewer (CFI) certification examination.

David Zulawski has co-authored the text Practical Aspects of Interview and Interrogation, 2nd Edition, with Douglas E. Wicklander. In addition, he writes, along with Douglas Wicklander, an ongoing column in Loss Prevention magazine on topics relating to investigation and interviewing.  Mr. Zulawski has also authored training programs and acted as consultant during the writing and filming of numerous interactive computer video programs relating to interview and interrogation.  He has also testified as an expert witness in the areas of interview and interrogation.

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