DBCF Virtual Symposium

Dave Martin Founder Bankmechanics

Dave Martin is founder of bankmechanics, a retail banking consultancy. He has spoken in front of and consulted with several hundred banks and industry organizations across 46 states and Canada over the past 25+ years. Dave is one of the most prolific writers in the banking industry. He has written the bi-weekly Advantage Letter for 25 years, read by tens of thousands of bankers and retailing professionals each month. Dave also writes the longest continually running opinion column in the history of the American Banker publication, the most read banking journal in the world. Dave was previously EVP / Chief Development Officer with Financial Supermarkets, Inc., a leading provider of training, consulting, design, and construction for non-traditional branches. Prior to joining FSI, Dave was EVP/Chief Training Officer for NCBS, a SunTrust Bank subsidiary. His banking background includes serving as Director of In-Store Banking for First National Bank Texas, managing at that time the largest Wal-Mart in-store banking program in the United States. Dave’s banking career began as branch manager of an in -store branch in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Dave has a BS in Accounting and an MBA from Nicholls State University. He is a member of the guest faculty at the Southwest Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University. Dave and his wife, Cindy, have two sons in college (Jessy and Abraham) and reside in Sugar Land, Texas.