For 29 years, Jack R. Watson worked as a special agent for the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division in Erie, Pennsylvania from 1973 to 2001.

Jack was named a senior agent in 1981, and he obtained his Pennsylvania Private Investigator License in 2002. In 2001, Jack was recognized as Agent of the Year for the North Atlantic Area.

Jack earned his B.S. degree in business administration from Gannon University in 1971 and a B.A. in criminal justice from Mercyhurst College in 1977.

Throughout his career, he conducted well over 100 investigations involving tax evasion, narcotics trafficking, money laundering and other crimes. He has extensive experience conducting net worth investigations. Numerous investigations, in which Jack was involved, resulted in criminal prosecutions, sometimes involving long and complex trials.

In 1980, Jack became a Certified Internal Revenue Service instructor. As an instructor, he taught two extended teaching assignments at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia in 1981 and 1990. More recently, he has taught courses at Gannon University and Mercyhurst College.