What Makes Me the Expert?

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My name is Zach Umperovitch and I'm the World's Leading Authority in designing, constructing, testing, judging, and all around anything Chain Reaction / Rube Goldberg Machine related. 

I know what you're thinking...how can you be an expert in what's considered "nonsense"? 

(I'm here to show you it's NOT!!)

• On-Screen Expert, Judge, & Engineering Producer for "Crazy Contraptions" on Channel 4 & Discovery+

• Owner & Creative Lead of  ZyynLabs - Inventors of Unbridled Creativity

• 35,000+ hours of Hands-On Machine Building Expertise (starting at the age 3), specializing in creating machines suitable for film & commercial productions

• Three-Time Guinness World Record Holder for x2 of the longest Rube machines ever built + x1 for the Largest Potato Battery in history! 

• Author: Rube Goldberg’s Big Book of Building: Make 24 Contraptions That Really Work!

• 15+ years experience as a Competition Judge & Rule Book Designer

• National Champion at the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest (RGMC)

• Former Regional & National Chairman for the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest (RGMC)

• Contracted Machine Designer & Builder for Rube Goldberg Inc. & SyynLabs 

• Appearances on News Networks such as: MSNBC, Yahoo, ABC World News, FOX, etc.

• Machines Built or Featured on TV: Discovery Channel, Modern Marvels, Jeopardy, ESPN, etc.

• Consulting Producer for "Domino Masters" on FOX

• Game & Level Designer for "Rube Works - The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Video Game"

All experiences of which I'm incredibly fortunate & honored to have under my belt.  I'm a guy who gets to do some really cool things (and yes, I do have one of the greatest jobs ever). I love every minute of what I do and I'm thrilled to share my knowledge & expertise with others!!