Luna Innovations announced that Thomas Oldemeyer will join the company as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of EMEA, effective immediately. Oldemeyer will report to CEO Scott A. Graeff and will be responsible for building and leading the company’s European fiber optic sensing business. Oldemeyer comes to Luna with more than 30 years of experience in the industry, including nearly 12 years as the CEO of LIOS Technology before transitioning to its parent company, NKT Photonics Technology (NKT).

At LIOS, Oldemeyer was engaged in the development, production and global sales of fiber optic distributed temperature sensors for various applications, including industrial, power cable monitoring, oil and gas, and fire detection. With his move to NKT, he was charged with the development of the company’s newly established Aerospace and Defense division.