Zak Billmeier was born in Lansing, MI and grew up in southern Vermont and coastal Maine. After graduating from Mary Washington College with a Geography degree he still isn't sure quite what to do with, he headed to Atlanta, GA for six years of well-deserved downtime. But after finding it to be way too hot there, he settled back in Virginia. He plays the bass guitar with the Richmond-based Mason Brothers and spends most of his free time taking pictures, gardening and cooking. Zak traces the roots of his interest in electronic gadgets to the Casio wristwatch with a built-in calculator he received as a gift one year as a child. He joined Crutchfield's car A/V team in 2007.