John Kline is the Principal at Kline Consulting, LLC, a consulting firm assisting sustainable building material companies (start-ups to global producers), to improve their operational and environmental performance. John has over 45 Years in the mineral processing industry working in; Research, Sales, Plant Design, Engineering, Commissioning, and Operations. He retired from Lafarge in June of 2012 after 21 years, with the last 18 years in various international, executive positions. Kline Consulting is currently specializing in energy efficiency, operations optimization, green building products, and CO2 reduction technologies.
John has a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Lafayette College, Pennsylvania. He has lived and worked in 6 countries on 4 continents and has authored over 20 peer reviewed technical papers, 40 magazine articles, and 100 technical presentations and webinars pertaining to the sustainable building materials industry.

IEEE – Life member
ASTM – C09 Committee
ACAA – American Coal Ash Association member
RILEM - Member
NIST- Low Carbon Cement and Concrete Consortium