Ryan Gottlieb
Principal – Systems & Project Delivery
Ryan leads technical direction, controls engineering, and project delivery at SPRK Lighting, bringing more than 20 years of high-stakes systems expertise to every job site.
Ryan’s career combines elite entertainment design with heavy industrial automation. He spent years engineering complex control infrastructure, nighttime spectaculars, dynamic art installations, and cruise ship productions for global entertainment leaders, including Disney, TAIT, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruise Lines, and Cedar Point. Expanding his technical reach into high-volume industrial automation, Ryan also served as a Senior Controls Engineer for Tesla, where he engineered PLC, safety logic, and automated control systems for cell manufacturing at Gigafactory Texas.
At SPRK, Ryan combines this rare blend of creative show control and industrial systems discipline to deliver rock-solid technical infrastructure. He manages technical risk, solves complex field engineering challenges, and ensures every system opens on time, operates flawlessly, and stands up to the demands of daily park operations.