Michael Floyd
Interview and deception-detection specialist
Michael Floyd is a founding partner of QVerity and co-author of Spy the Lie. He has a long background in interviewing and detecting deception.
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About Michael Floyd
Michael Floyd is a founding partner of QVerity and a New York Times bestselling co-author of Spy the Lie. He trains and advises law enforcement bodies, intelligence agencies, wealthy families and large companies across North America, Europe and Asia on interviewing, spotting deception and elicitation. He started out as a commissioned officer in the US Army Military Police. He then joined the staff of John E. Reid & Associates for six years as a polygraph examiner and instructor, and later became an officer at the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. He also founded Advanced Polygraph Services, and spent ten years there carrying out interviews and interrogations for police agencies, law firms and private businesses. Over his career he has carried out more than 8,000 interviews and interrogations around the world. Floyd graduated from the University of South Dakota with a degree in education. He also has a master's in detection of deception from Reid College and a law degree from Seattle University School of Law.