Zach Schleien

Zach Schleien is a serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, mental health advocate, and digital marketer. With more than 10 years of experience as a digital marketeer, he is currently the CEO of Filteroff App,  a video speed dating app for brands, nonprofits and influencers to connect with their audiences.

Zach holds a Masters's in Information Management from Syracuse University. He has developed his career around entrepreneurship and as a digital marketeer, working with the likes of Johnson & Johnson and becoming Business Analyst for the Global Health Services team.As a serial entrepreneur, Schleien has founded several companies like BeginU, a platform for college students to find projects and work opportunities to develop their skills, Top Romp, LIFT Protein Muffin and, more recently, Filteroff App.

After his friend’s passing of mental illness, Zach started initiatives to help people with mental illness. He has launched several campaigns and projects like CaringCrowd,  a crowdfunding platform for non-profits, NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness,( the nation's largest grassroots mental health organisation) and 18percent, a free mental health online community based on Slack. In 2 different campaigns, his organisations has helped more than 960 parents with children who have a mental illness.