Strategic Partner

Peter Edge is the CEO, co-founder, and managing member of Controlled Strategies LLC, which provides diligence, security, and risk mitigation services to private investors, family offices, and Fortune 500 companies. Drawing on more than 32 years of federal and state law enforcement experience, he is an expert in investigations, crisis and incident management, travel security, criminal intelligence, and intelligence analysis.

Previously, he served as President of Blue Cardinal Consulting, a security and risk advisory firm, and as Vice President of Corporate Security at Conduent, where he supported business growth strategies, conducted due diligence, and strengthened security operations.

A former member of the Senior Executive Service, Mr. Edge is a respected leader in the international law enforcement community and a globally recognized expert on homeland and border security, including financial crimes, customs violations, intellectual property theft, immigration fraud and enforcement, and human trafficking.

Mr. Edge concluded his federal career as acting Deputy Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In that role, he served as the agency’s Chief Operating Officer, overseeing more than 20,000 personnel across more than 400 locations in the United States and abroad and managing an annual budget exceeding $7 billion.

In his permanent capacity, he directed Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), serving as chief executive of America’s second-largest federal criminal investigative body and the principal investigative division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). HSI is the primary government agency tasked with neutralizing and dismantling international criminal networks that operate across borders and attempt to subvert legal trade, travel, financial networks, immigration frameworks, and overall border integrity. As Director, he oversaw all investigative operations and intelligence initiatives, leading a global workforce of more than 10,000 personnel—including roughly 44 Senior Executive Service leaders—across more than 250 domestic offices and 67 international posts in 50 countries.