Chris Light is well known in the Technology, Entrepreneurial, Blockchain, and Global Development communities. He has undertaken Technology activities worldwide, including as an Information Technology Advisor for the U.S. Presidential Initiative to End Hunger in Africa. His work has been recognized at White House and Embassy level for the Department of State, together with Administrator level for USAID. He served three years as a co-chair for ICT4D/Digital Development for the Society for International Development-United States including serving twice as an Innovation Judge for their Annual Conference.
His work with Blockchain, Supply, and Value Chains has been featured by both MIT and the LSE. E-Livestock Global was used as an orientation case study for incoming Supply Chain Master’s Students at the Smith Business School at the University of Maryland (2024.) He won the Innovation Award at the 2022 SID-US Annual conference for the E-Livestock Traceability solution. He also put Zimbabwe at the top of the search results for Livestock and Blockchain. He serves as a country ambassador for the Global Business Blockchain Council. In 2025 he was appointed as a Member of the Board of Advisors to the Smith Business School at the University of Maryland. This year he was appointed as an advisory council member for Entrepreneurship by the Alumni Association.
Chris Light has a master’s degree from Boston University and has a double Major/double Degree from the University of Maryland. He was the graduation student speaker at the former and commencement marshal at the latter. E-Livestock Global was a graduate of the inaugural cohort of the Blockchain Accelerator at the Smith School of Business (University of Maryland.) He has completed Blockchain certificate course work at both MIT and UC Berkeley.
