{"id":87130,"date":"2020-02-19T03:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/?p=87130"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:46:15","slug":"mr-ryan-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/mr-ryan-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Ryan Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-third_column\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Ryan-Light-Resized-364x321.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Ryan Light wearing a blue suit, shirt and tie in front of a background of ivy.\" class=\"wp-image-87132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Ryan-Light-Resized-364x321.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Ryan-Light-Resized-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Ryan-Light-Resized.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Ryan Light<\/strong> is a proud University of Rhode Island alumnus and licensed Professional Engineer with more than a decade of experience in manufacturing, automation, and controls engineering. Currently Lifecycle\/Sustaining Engineering Manager at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, he leads the integration of advanced metrology and sensor technologies into aerospace, automotive, and medical manufacturing. Ryan\u2019s career spans leadership roles at Modine Manufacturing, Hayward Holdings, and his own entrepreneurial venture, Lighthouse Engineering, with achievements including managing large-scale automation projects, deploying collaborative robotics, and implementing cost-saving initiatives totaling millions of dollars annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a leader at Hexagon, Ryan has had the privilege of mentoring and working alongside several talented IEP graduates, both as direct reports and colleagues, which has deepened his appreciation for the program\u2019s ability to produce well-rounded, globally minded engineers. He brings to the IEP Advisory&nbsp;Board&nbsp;both deep technical expertise and an entrepreneurial mindset, along with a strong commitment to advancing innovation and excellence in engineering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Light is a lifecycle\/sustaining engineering manager at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2296,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[764],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advisorycouncil"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2296"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87130"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87993,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87130\/revisions\/87993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}