June 1, 2005
Leonardo Hernandez is Named Vice President of PICA Latin America

TAMPA, Florida -- PICA Corporation has named Leonardo Hernandez Vice President of Latin American Operations.  Hernandez will manage administration and operations for the Latin American Region, which has continued to increase in business development and announced the opening of the new São Paulo, Brazil Office this past month. 

Hernandez has over thirty-five years experience before joining PICA Corporation as Special Operations Director and is an expert in international investigations.  He established a solid background in insurance investigations, working for Continental National American Group Insurance Co. from 1968 – 1975.  He then went on to become a special agent for the CIA from 1975 – 1979, where he developed skills in national security investigations and anti-terror operations.  He continued in law enforcement as a supervisory special agent for the DEA from 1979 – 2000, leading international task forces and directed operational planning.  Hernandez added to his credentials by developing major piracy investigations for DIRECTV Latin America, where he worked as a regional manager from 2001 – 2004.  Hernandez holds a B.A. in Political Science and M.A.E. Degree in Administration & Supervision from the Inter American University, Puerto Rico.

PICA Corporation was established in 1982 and is one of the largest companies in the world dedicated to corporate investigations and loss prevention consulting. The Columbus-based company maintains regional offices in Atlanta, Beijing, Bogotá, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Guangzhou City, Houston, Lima, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New York, Phoenix, São Paulo, Tampa, and Washington DC, and has experienced resident agents in 196 other major metropolitan areas of the world. The company supervises and conducts thousands of investigations each year, most on behalf of Fortune 500 companies and their legal counsel.