John Kutsch leads the integration of the many discrete systems into a complete unified, optimized and refined system for economic and rapid construction and operation in his role as Chief Engineer of Syntholene.

John brings over 30 years of experience in systems design and implementation for large industrial companies. He has led innovation and design engineering across diverse advanced energy implementations, including the Senreq Syngas waste-to-energy plant in Morris Illinois, Caldera Mine to Metal in Pea Ridge Missouri, and NREL’s Gratzel Effect Solar Cells. He was also the lead designer of the Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) fission reactor for the one of the world’s leading developers of Gen-IV nuclear systems, Terretrial Energy.

Mr. Kutsch has managed energy research projects for Xcel Energy, in conjunction with NREL. He has led Plant and Equipment Optimization and integration programs for a consortium of ADM, Marathon Oil, North Development’s advanced-design Ethanol facility. The facility successfully integrated discrete systems, new standard operating procedures, and new approaches to create the first closed loop, circular, ethanol energy system, greatly increasing operating efficiencies while eliminating nearly all waste streams.