Ryden Rizzo

Ryden Rizzo co-founded Allied Maker with his wife Lanette in 2013, starting as a garage woodworking operation on Long Island before growing into a lighting fixture company employing more than 50 people. Rizzo trained in woodworking through guitar-making at the Vermont Instruments School of Lutherie and leads product design and fabrication from the company's headquarters in Glen Cove, working in brass, walnut, alabaster, and other natural materials.