Karen joined FTVentures in 1999 and is currently responsible for marketing. Karen has 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining FTVentures, Karen spent over eight years with Wells Fargo Bank, in a variety of marketing management positions including Vice President/Manager of the marketing division of the online financial services group where she launched and marketed Internet banking and bill payment. Prior to her work at Wells Fargo, Karen spent five years in New York with Shearson Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch Capital Markets in various sales, trading and marketing roles. Karen received a BA in Economics from the University of California - Los Angeles and an MBA from Cornell University.