Carl “Wes” Carico entered public service as a teenager, joining the Wise Rescue Squad in Virginia as a junior member at age 15 (1988) and earning his Virginia Basic EMT certification at age 16 (1989). He served with the Wise Police Explorers from 1987 to 1991 — logging well over one thousand documented volunteer and service hours — before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1992. He served as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina (Specialist, E-4, Airborne Infantry, Anti-Tank platoon), earning dual certification as a Nationally Registered EMT during his military service.
Following his honorable discharge, Wes served ten years as a sworn deputy with the Wise County Sheriff's Office in Virginia (1996–2006), retiring at the rank of Sergeant in the Criminal Investigations Division, with prior assignments in corrections and patrol. He taught at Virginia law enforcement training academies and was invited as a guest instructor at the Virginia Forensic Science Academy (65th Session, 2005) to teach computer crime scene diagramming — immediately following his own graduation from the 64th Session. His law enforcement training totaled 568 classroom hours across legal, investigations, crisis negotiation, use-of-force, supervisor, and instructor development programs.
In 2006 Wes joined Renovo Services, opening the Augusta, Georgia market as a field agent and rising to Market Operations Manager with responsibility for approximately 75 contractors across six states. At peak, his team was recovering as many as 350 vehicles per week. That senior-level experience in the forwarder/lender-facing model — managing contractors, compliance, and client expectations at scale — is the same model he now analyzes independently as an expert witness.
Since 2009 he has operated his own recovery businesses in Georgia, including founding Nostalgic Towing & Sales, LLC and co-founding Artis Recovery LLC. He also founded Spectrum-Ez, a SaaS company developing ORCA, a repossession workflow and business-management application (goorca.io).
As the author of the Professional Standards in Repossession series, Peace Under Pressure, and the Peace Point Field Guide — and as the architect of the Peace Point™ System — Wes has produced the first comprehensive published framework for professional standards across the repossession industry. His work is used by recovery agencies, lenders, attorneys, and compliance professionals evaluating operational risk, training adequacy, and the standard of care in repossession practices.
