Zach grew up in Ohio and graduated from Pensacola Christian College in 2002 with his BSME. He worked as an EIT in Pensacola for four years before arriving in Birmingham with Pinnacle in 2006. In 2013, he received his PE license and continues to enjoy working with owners and architects to find best solutions to their engineering challenges on office, restaurant, church and school projects. He lives with his wife and four children in the woods of Pell City where they enjoy taking care of the farm and hunting in the back yard.