Mr. Robert C. Springer has been a Chief Investment Officer of Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., since February 15, 2013 and served its as a Senior Vice President. Mr. Springer has been an Executive Vice President of Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. since February 18, 2016. Mr. Springer served as the Senior Vice President of Acquisitions at Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc., from May 2011 to February 15, 2013. Mr. Springer oversees all aspects of the Company's acquisitions and dispositions process. Mr. Springer joined Sunstone in May 2011 and has materially enhanced Sunstone's acquisitions and dispositions function by adding additional decision support tools, improving Sunstone's screening process and incorporating a new multi-departmental deal review process. He was a Vice President in Goldman, Sachs & Co.'s Merchant Banking Division and has been a key player in Sunstone's principal lodging investing activity primarily through the Whitehall Street Real Estate series of private equity funds, as well as the Goldman Sachs Real Estate Mezzanine Partners fund. His involvement with these funds spanned all aspects of hotel equity and debt investing, as well as asset management of numerous lodging portfolios. Mr. Springer joined Goldman, Sachs & Co. in 2006. Prior to joining Goldman, Sachs & Co., he worked in both the feasibility and acquisitions groups at Host Hotels & Resorts and was integral to the acquisition of several large lodging deals. He started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Hospitality Consulting Group. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration from Cornell University.