Mr. Ciarla is a professional engineer with more than thirty years of experience in executive board and managerial positions. He has held positions as President and Executive Chairman of Maccaferri Inc. the Amercian subsidiary of Maccaferri, a worldwide leader in soil stabilization, soil erosion and sediment control, soil retaining structures, coastal protection works and mining solutions.

Mr. Ciarla has worked in many countries such as Bolivia, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Italy, Russia, Mexico and USA, and in different management positions and responsibilities in the fields of highway design, soil erosion and sediment control, coastal erosion mitigation, geo-hazard protection, mining solutions.

As an Executive Chairman of Maccaferri Inc. (2011-2015) Mr. Ciarla established Maccaferri as a preferred provider to mining operators in the USA. He implemented creative strategies and plans to identify new marketing business and product opportunities in the mining markets.

As President of Maccaferri Inc. (1995-2011) Mr. Ciarla fostered and implemented nationwide strategic planning and intelligence operations into all five Company Business Unit and operatiing departments.

Mr. Ciarla is fluent in English, Italian and Spanish. He holds a MSCE PE Degree in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering earned from the Department of Engineering – University of Rome (Italy) in 1975.

Mr. Ciarla has been a member of the Italian Professional Engineering Association, Rome region, since 1978. He is an ASCE Associate, a member of the International Erosion Control Association which he served as a President in 1989-90 and a Council Member of the Geosynthetic Material Association.