Matthew H. Marchbanks is the Founder & CEO of ZipLingo, a direct sales communication company. He is responsible for building strategic relationships in the industry and leading the sales team efforts.Matt is passionate about building startup companies. After spending nearly two decades working in sales management, he knows what truly drives sales conversions, and how to build long lasting relationships with partners and customers.Prior to launching ZipLingo, Matt was instrumental in helping start a stock & options trading education company called InvestedIQ. The company taught tens of thousands of investors how to invest their money in the markets through live seminars which were taught around the world. Matthew’s main role was building and running the seminar sales teams. Matt helped start Retire Me, an educational company, which taught individuals how to self-direct their IRA investment funds into alternative investments like real-estate. Through his efforts, the company was responsible in helping individuals self-direct over 500 million in personal wealth into alternative investments through partnership with industry-leading custodians. Matt also helped build Screamin Media Group an internet marketing company delivering deals to consumers via e-mail and social media channels. In 2001, it was acquired by Local.com.As Vice President of Sales, Matt was also very instrumental in helping to build one of the largest private retail option brokerage firms in the United States which reached over 400 million in customer equity leading to a buyout offer from Sequoia Capital in 2007.Matt holds a BA in business management from the University of Phoenix. He and his family enjoy traveling the world learning about different people and their cultures.