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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Global payment industry professional with executive level experience with three major card brands: MasterCard, Visa and American Express. Hands on experience with the issuer, products and acquirer sides of the card industry. Responsible for growing market share and profitability within assigned markets, multinational financial institutions, and large acquirers / merchants. Negotiated and managed issuer and acquirer strategic partner relationships. Designed and executed global issuing and acquiring based strategies. Accomplishments include the successful launch of new card products, year over year double-digit increase in charge volume and cards issued, and centralization of transaction processing capabilities. By year-end 2001, revenues from Visa's Multinationals grew to represent 35% of the Division's total revenues from approximately 20% in 1998. Accomplishments: Achieved highest year over year growth rate in previous four years for charge volume, merchant acquisition, electronic data capture (EDC) expansion. Director - Destination Business 6/1995 - 6/1996 * Drive merchant business growth in 27 Caribbean nations. Accomplishments: Led team that received 1995 American Express Chairman's Award for Quality. 100% plus goal accomplishment in '93 & '94 received highest performance rating possible in '93, '94 & '95. Two-time recipient of Worldwide Great Performer Award - '90 & '91. held at American Express include