Carlos Sala has been a private investor and has served on and advised numerous company Boards of Directors during the last 25 years. He is currently Chairman of C2 Biogas, Board Member of Polestar, Inc., an oil and gas consulting firm, Board Member of Band Barracks, a real estate developer in the music industry, Investment Committee Member of UCAR/NCAR, the world’s preeminent climate research organization. During his time as a private investor, he has been involved in guiding several private companies through numerous successful capital transactions.

Prior to private investing, Mr. Sala was Chief Financial Officer of Abacus Direct, Inc., a NASDAQ listed direct marketing technology company. He lead the sale of the company to Doubleclick, Inc. in a $2.3 billion transaction. From 1992 until 1997, Mr. Sala was Chief Financial Officer of Dal-Tile International, Inc., a NYSE listed firm and the world’s largest ceramic tile manufacturer. At Dal-Tile, he raised over $1.0 billion in capital including an initial public offering, public debt offering and numerous private financings. From 1990 until 1992, he was Executive Vice President of International Operations overseeing a $100 million business with 3,000 employees.

Prior to that, Mr. Sala was a mergers and acquisition manager at Ernst & Young in New York. In that role, he worked on leveraged buy outs, strategic acquisitions and dispositions performing financial due diligence, developing financing structures, and representing financial and strategic buyers and targets on transactions ranging in size from $100 million to several billions. Mr. Sala is a Certified Public Accountant with degrees in finance and accounting from the University of Georgia.