Meet Our Team

Philip Klein

TPLI, Personal Protection Officer, CEO
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Philip Klein has been apart of the business and political community in Texas for 26 years. He started in the investigation business with Equifax in the primary claims division, handling death claims of $3m plus. He spent two years in National Politics and Political campaigns. In 1992 Klein formed Klein Investigations and Consulting to serve the expanding and growing legal market in Texas and around the United States.

Klein holds a level IV managers license with the Texas Commission on Private Security, is a State Licensed Personal Protection Officer/Agent, holds a State Accredited Fire Fighters License, Emergency Medical Services Basic License, and a Level 2 Arson Certificate. Klein is a NRA certified marksmen. He further holds a State Supreme Court Standing Rule 103 to effect civil service in any county in the State of Texas.

Klein has attended Federal and State interrogation, intelligence, personal protection and surveillance schools and holds numerous State and Federal certificates. Klein has been instrumental in creating a data base on national business, political leaders and elected officials that assists law firms around the United States. He is also a Child Rescue Network Investigator and has been responsible for retrieving over 90 children and their parental abductors in the last ten years.

In 2002, Klein, along with his two business partners created Texas Professional Bodyguards. A full service intelligence and personal protection agency designed to protect corporate officials and high profile individuals. During Hurricane Rita, Ike, and Katrina TPB serviced the infrastructure utility companies and provided protection for ground operations personnel after the storm.

Philip is a long standing member of the Texas Association of Licensed Investigators. Klein also speaks to groups around the United States on Parental abductions and consults law enforcement and the legal community regarding domestic cases and how they effect law enforcement.

Mr. Klein is a noted guest speaker and lecture at law schools around the State of Texas. As well Mr. Klein is a sought after speaker for special events giving his humor and stories of his experiences in previous cases he has been involved in.

Klein has been featured on media programs including Dateline NBC, CNN Nancy Grace Show, CNN Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell, Fox News Greta Van Susteren, MSNBC, Good Morning London, Australia's Channel 9 Evening News, Today Show Australia, and is a media resource for the national media regarding kidnappings and parental abductions.

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Mr. Klein is represented by Salient Media in Los Angeles California.
http://www.salientmedia.com

Media contact can be made through Mr. Klein's publicist Yvette Shearer.
http://shearerpr.com

Inga L. Klein

TPLI, Personal Protection Officer - Vice President
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Inga obtained her level IV investigators license and her Personal Protection License in 2002. She handles intelligence coordination for the company. She is responsible gathering intelligence for background history and on potential threats to Executives and High Profile individuals.

Inga currently holds the highest level State Licensed Paramedic certificate, as well as a personal trainers license. She is a graduate of the numerous hostage and tactical medical operations schools from around the United States. She is the team leader in Protective Services Details and is the chief medic for Texas Professional Bodyguards. She is also a certified marksmen on handguns. This past year Inga has completed her training in SWAT Medic Operations as well as advanced Hostage Rescue Certifications.

As a member of the Texas Association of Licensed Investigators, Inga brings to the team 20 years of advance medical experience and team work to the Protective Services Detail.

John St. John

Investigator I
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John has joined the team as a level one investigator. He has completed his training and is assigned to the surveillance team regarding corporate theft, domestic issues, plant and office safety as well as internal investigations for small city police departments in and around the United States.

John is rule 103 certified in Texas by the Texas Supreme Court.

Tim Gravette

Investigator III
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Tim joined the firm in April of 2004. Tim has been involved in the federal and criminal justice system for over 25 years. Recently, Tim has relocated to Central Texas and is now stationed there. Tim is in charge of the Southern Region operations for KIC and bases that operation in the Corpus Christi area.

As well as a level III investigator, Tim is highly trained in hostage negotiation, homeland security, interrogation and interviewing, as well as all facets of federal law enforcement. Tim is on our traveling team and is responsible for cases west and south of the Houston area.

Tim is highly trained in all aspects of advanced firearms and is a certified marksmen.

Gil Martinez

Investigator II / Personal Protection Officer
California Operations

Gill Joined the team in March of 2007 as assigned to the special services group in San Antonio, Texas. Gil is stationed in Central Texas where he works all over the State and the United States. As a former LA County Sheriffs Deputy, Gil comes to both KIC and TPB as a highly trained investigator and personal protection agent.

This past year, Gil has been assigned to different operations around the United States. Some of those include protection of corporate officials, undercover assignments and missing persons cases. Gil is bi-lingual and speaks fluent Spanish.

Gil brings a wealth of law enforcement and protective services experience to both KIC and TPB. Gil is currently serving on staff in California.

Stephen Hartman

Senior Investigator, Personal Protection Officer
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Stephen joined the team in October of 2008 as an entry level investigator. Stephen comes to KIC from the bail bonds business in Southeast Texas. Stephen has knowledge of the criminal justice system as well as skip tracing.

In 2009 Stephen graduated from personal protection school in San Antonio Texas. Stephen is a level one PPO agent and is assigned to covert undercover teams during VIP visits and operations.

Stephen brings with him a vast knowledge of the civil and criminal systems in Southeast Texas.

Charles "Charley" Klein

Investigator I
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Charley Klein joined the company as a Level One Investigator in December of 2007. His current assignment is for surveillance operations and process service as well as fleet service overview. In early summer of 2008 he was moved into the operations division and does some undercover work with the team.

Charley is further Rule 103 certified by the Texas Supreme Court.

David Gautreaux

Investigator I
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David joined the team in 2010. He is in our advance and process service team. David is Rule 103 certified by the Texas Supreme Court.

Mr. Gautreaux has also been assigned to the political background group and conducts background checks on political candidates as well as political contribution reports in research.