Dr. Jonathan McIntyre is an accomplished scientist, leader and entrepreneur with extensive experience leading large, multi-national corporations and early-stage startups. He has a strong track record of achievement as a CEO and CSO with deep knowledge of food, food ingredients, nutrition, consumer products, culinary design, biotechnology, packaging, bioprocess, fermentation, regulatory and quality. Most importantly, he is a servant leader respected for building high-performing teams and developing talent.
Jonathan is the co-founder of Nodl Advisors. Nodl Advisors is a consulting firm that solves the challenge of expertise asynchronicity that frequently derails early-stage food tech, agriculture tech and clean tech companies that are attempting to fuel the future of the Bioeconomy. Nodl provides expertise across the full spectrum of capabilities required to effectively build a new tech startup including fundraising, corporate marketing, technology strategy, business development, strategic networking, partnership negotiations, regulatory affairs, quality, food safety, portfolio management and innovation strategy.
Prior to founding Nodl Advisors, Dr. McIntyre served as Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors at Motif FoodWorks, a Boston-based food technology company unleashing the promise of plant-based foods by improving taste and nutrition. During Jon’s tenure at Motif, the company raised $345M from top-line investors: Viking Capital, General Atlantic, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Blue Horizon, Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan, Black Rock as well as strategic investors Fonterra and Louis Dreyfuss Company. In just over three years, the company discovered, developed, and commercialized three novel ingredients and four fully optimized food products by pioneering a ‘whole science’ approach that combines design thinking and novel technologies to uncover insights benefiting consumers, customers and our planet. Immediately prior to joining Motif, Dr. McIntyre served as Head of Research and Development at Indigo Agriculture, Inc. In this capacity, Dr. McIntyre developed microbial seed treatments to replace or reduce chemical inputs and increase crop yields with desirable attributes during periods of biotic or abiotic stress.
Dr. McIntyre served as SVP of Research & Development for PepsiCo, innovating and developing products across global categories. As head of beverage R&D he transformed the product portfolio, redesigned packaging, launched new fountain equipment, and shifted to lower sugar formulations. As SVP of Global Snacks R&D, Dr. McIntyre advanced sustainability programs and developed compostable thin film packaging technology, reduced salt and fat in snacks, and introduced veggie and protein forward snacks.
Prior to PepsiCo, Dr. McIntyre served as SVP of Technology & Innovation at Solae, LLC, a DuPont Foods & Nutrition company, where he led R&D, quality, regulatory and technology licensing for the world’s largest plant protein company. He focused teams on building up novel applications, improving ingredient offerings and cost structures.
Previously, Dr. McIntyre served as the Chief of Development & Operations at Auxeris Therapeutics Inc. where he supported the development of its lead candidates for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and bone metastases.
Early in his career, Dr. McIntyre served as Chief Scientist, Director of Product Development and Discovery Researcher for Monsanto. He held scientific leadership roles across multiple Monsanto business units including Searle Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Discovery Research, NutraSweet Product Discovery & Development and Monsanto Agriculture.
Dr. McIntyre currently serves as an independent director for Primient, a leading food and industrial ingredient producer. Jon also acts as a strategic advisor to Edlong Dairy. Previously, Jonathan served as scientific advisor to Anaptys Biosciences, Inc. He served as independent director for Kaleido Biosciences Inc., a clinical stage healthcare company working on the gut microbiome. Dr McIntyre served on the advisory board to the Dean of Kansas State University, College of Agriculture where he advised on food science and consumer products. Dr. McIntyre is a Distinguished Fellow of the Council of Competitiveness and has been a member since 2020.
Dr. McIntyre earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Grove City College and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, studying enzymes involved in lipid metabolism. He continued his training at UC completing post-doctoral fellowship studying intercellular lipid transport and metabolism.
