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August 5, 2026

For Engineers. By Engineers. Celebrating Professional Engineers at RISA

Happy National Professional Engineer’s Day to all the licensed engineers! We are excited to celebrate our customers and coworkers today. RISA is a product for engineers brought to you by engineers. With the vast majority of our team coming from an engineering background, RISA is truly an engineering partner to our customers. We value the experience and insights these engineers bring to each and every one of our teams. Today, we highlight just a few of the licensed professional engineers who help make RISA so special! READY TO CONNECT? Explore RISA with an engineer today! Alex Vaughan, PE, SE Job Title Manager, Subject Matter Experts and Software Quality Years with RISA 3 years What's your favorite part of being an engineer? For me, it's getting to understand the "why" behind a problem or a situation. That curiosity shows up in two ways: either by building something from scratch and figuring out how all the pieces need to come together, or taking an existing design and reverse-engineering it to see how someone else solved the same puzzle. Both are incredible ways to learn. One through creation and the other through observation. What really excites me is seeing that curiosity play out…