Carlos has a Master’s Degree in Tax Counselling and a Master’s Degree in Access to the Legal Profession from Universidad de Navarra. He also attended the Asian Studies Program at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan. He has held senior positions in the public sector as Commissioner of the National Police, Intendant General of Police, Secretary General of the Government of Guayas Province, Attorney of the Comptroller General of the State, and Secretary of Coercive Actions of that institution.