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Carl is a long-time veteran and innovator in the credit card and affinity marketing spaces. He is a Managing Director of the Venture Capital Fund of New England (VCFNE) IV. Prior to forming AMG, Carl was CEO and General Manager of Affinity Partners International, LP (API). Also known as First USA Partners, API was the exclusive sales and business development division of First USA Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank One. Before forming API, Carl co-founded Trans National Financial Services, Inc. (TNFS) and served as Executive Vice President and COO. A pioneering company in the development of affinity marketing techniques, TNFS managed the marketing of financial services - most notably affinity credit card services - for five leading banks including MBNA America, Bank of Virginia (Signet Bank), BancOhio, Bank of New England, and The Bank of Montreal (Canada). Previous to the formation of TNFS, Carl was Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning at Trans National Travel, Inc. (TNT), where he led the diversification of the group travel company into non-travel affinity marketing activities. His work at TNT led to the formation of TNFS. Carl received a Bachelor of Science degree from Rice University and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School. | 