Edward Panico

Edward Panico is the founder of Lynx Security Group, a private investigation, security consulting, and training company.

For over 22 years, Mr. Panico has worked both domestically and abroad in intelligence, investigations, and security matters with the U.S. Military and with the U.S. Department of State. Mr. Panico has trained hundreds of domestic and foreign military, intelligence, and private sector personnel across the globe in security and counterintelligence. While employed with the U.S. Military and U.S. Department of State, he received extensive training and experience in risk mitigation, anti-terrorism/force protection, crime prevention, criminal investigation, counterintelligence, dignitary protection, physical security, access control, security operations, intelligence collection, investigations, interview/interrogations, and physical surveillance.

He maintains an active security clearance as part of his commitment to the U.S. Government, which also provides him with ongoing access to specialized training not available to those fully entrenched in the private sector. Mr. Panico is a recipient of the Military Intelligence Corps Association Knowlton Award and over 30 U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of State service awards.

Mr. Panico holds an M.S. in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention from the University of Cincinnati. He also holds a B.A. in Intelligence Studies from American Military University and an A.A.S in Intelligence Operations Studies from Cochise College.