About Otto Lynch, PE

Otto Lynch of Nixa, Missouri, vice president and head of power line systems for Bentley Systems in Madison, Wisconsin, earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Missouri S&T in 1988. In 2000, he started Power Line Systems, serving as owner, president and CEO until 2023. Lynch has served in the American Society of Civil Engineers on the Industry Leaders Council, the Committee on America’s Infrastructure, the Public Policy and Practice Committee, and the Energy, Environment and Water Policy Committee. He is currently chair of the SEI Electrical Transmission Structures Committee and vice chair of the ASCE “Minimum Design Loads for Structures Supporting Overhead Power Lines and Wired Telecommunications Infrastructure” and of the ASCE 10 “Design of Latticed Steel Transmission Structures.” He is also current chair of the Changes to the NESC Working Group. Lynch has authored numerous papers and articles, participated in several interviews and podcasts, and delivered many lectures in his field of expertise, including conducting overhead line design training sessions for over 8,000 engineers. He received ASCE’s Walter P. Moore Jr. Award, was elected ASCE fellow; was elected fellow of the Structural Engineering Institute and received the ASCE Gene Wilhoite Innovations in Transmission Life Engineering Award. Lynch and his wife, Johnna, have been married for over 33 years. They have a son who is a junior at S&T and a daughter who is a senior at Oklahoma Baptist University.