Mr. Edmundo Apodaca provides the company with in-depth global perspectives, especially of Latin American affairs coupled with a strong security background.  After completing a three-year tour with the U.S. Army, Mr. Apodaca worked with the Department of Justice, U.S. Border Patrol in the U.S. Mexico border in California, while continuing his education.  Upon completion of studies in Criminology and Law Enforcement, Mr. Apodaca entered service with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), where he spent the next 24 years.  While at the DEA, he was selected to attend a yearlong postgraduate course of Hemispheric Security at the Inter-American Defense College in Ft. McNair, Washington, D.C.  For the final six years of his career with the DEA, Mr. Apodaca was assigned as the Country Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru, where he led a team of over 200 Peruvian National police officers, along with 20 DEA agents, in creating sustainable drug control programs and enforcing narcotics laws.  He was also responsible for advising the U.S. ambassador on all counter-narcotics enforcement matters. 

After retirement from the DEA, Mr. Apodaca was employed by Baker Hughes Inc., a multi-national oilfield services company, as its International Security Manager.  Mr. Apodaca’s duties landed him to Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, implementing security programs for expatriate employees.  His regional knowledge and efforts were key to being named Director of Security for the Latin America Region, based in Bogota, Colombia.  During his tenure with Baker Hughes, he successfully negotiated the release of kidnapped expatriate employees on three separate occasions.