Unbounded Creativity & Capabilities

For high impact solutions in defense and healthcare industries

Mission

Luna Labs develops breakthrough technologies and turns them into market-ready solutions for defense, industrial, and healthcare sectors.

We solve our customers’ hard problems through unconventional thinking. We take technologies from concept to early-stage market entry and position them for commercial scale-up.

Vision

We create technologies that strengthen defense capabilities and advance health. 

We deliver meaningful innovations that save lives, safeguard the environment, and protect critical infrastructure and personnel.

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We prioritize our employees’ well-being and development, fostering engagement and dependability.

We build collaborative teams who embrace learning through experience, valuing progress over perfection.

We cultivate lasting partnerships to achieve exceptional results through shared goals.

We challenge assumptions and explore bold solutions, turning ideas into impact.

We adapt quickly to stay ahead of changing markets, customer requirements, and technology needs.

We leverage diverse perspectives and expertise to solve complex challenges with discipline, energy, and excitement.

We nurture enduring customer relationships through reliability and earned trust.

We deliver breakthrough solutions by integrating customer needs and insights into our innovation process.

We commit to advancing both our customers’ missions and our own.

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James Garrett, PhD, MBA

CEO

 

25+ years combining strategic vision with product innovation leadership

“Our goal is to accelerate and grow transformative dual-use technologies that serve both military and civilian markets. Our in-house capabilities and expertise enable us to create solutions that address some of the toughest challenges in national defense and human health.

Leadership Team

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Michael Danilich, PhD

Sr. VP of Operations

20+ years transitioning R&D breakthroughs into practical solutions

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La'Vonne Fowler

Human Resources, SHRM-SCP

15+ years building workplaces where people thrive

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Drake Goolsby

Chief Commercialization Officer

20+ years strategically positioning business ideas for commercial success

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Bryan Koene, PhD

Director of Materials

25+ years developing advanced materials for industry and defense applications

Lianne Landers

Director of Communications

15+ years translating complex science into stories about meaningful impact

Pierre Morel

Director of Systems

20+ years leveraging systems engineering for commercial readiness

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Chris Tison, PhD, MBA

Director of Biotechnology

15+ years applying biotechnology to real-world health and safety challenges.

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Jan Van der Horst, CA

Chief Financial Officer

Manages the financial health of Luna Labs, ensuring sustainable growth and profitability.

Our Approach to Partnering

We collaborate with industry partners to scale up technologies to reach their full market potential.

Our Strategic Approach

Our Incubate | Accelerate | Grow approach allows us to incubate projects until market timing is right, or accelerate development to capture a product’s market potential.

This flexibility lets us deliver targeted solutions where and when they can make real impact.

Why Partner with Luna Labs?

We don’t compete for market leadership – we create solutions that add value to partners who already have established market position and want external innovation.

Our team of advanced-degree engineers and scientists work across materials, systems, and biotech, capitalizing on cross-disciplinary insights to spot unique opportunities.

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Commercialization is about combining relentless determination with creativity. It is an orchestrated process between product development and market timing.

Drake Goolsby, CCO
We seek partners to help expand market share or explore new commercial opportunities for our most promising technologies.

Contact us to discuss how we can work together.