Bryan Riga

Bryan started at IFG in 2000, working at both Laclede and Chilco sawmills before attending the University of Idaho, where he earned Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Engineering. In his nine years at the sawmills, Bryan was a certified machine operator and part of the engineering project team that built the Chilco sawmill after the purchase from Louisiana Pacific. He learned to work as part of a team and experienced first-hand what it takes to improve productivity. After college, Bryan moved to Silicon valley and worked for several startups in the technology industry. While in Silicon Valley he served as a consultant to several fortune 500 companies in the manufacturing sector. He returned to IFG in 2019 and led the Strategy and Innovation team until his promotion to Vice President of Technologies in May 2022.