Luke previously served as NOBLE’s Vice President of Supplier Partnerships and Vendor Management. He led a team overseeing the company’s crucial vendor partnerships, providing global support to NOBLE’s military, government, and private-sector customers, ensuring their mission readiness, efficiency, and success.

Before joining NOBLE, Luke held senior executive roles at multiple defense contractors. As Chief Executive Officer at Fraser Optics and Advanced Defense Technologies Inc., he led defense manufacturing firms that produced military-grade technology supporting combat operations. While CEO at Trident Global Partners, Mr. Ritter merged his firm with Ridge Global and joined forces with The Honorable Tom Ridge, the first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and former Governor of Pennsylvania. As Executive Vice President at Ridge Global, he led the Risk Management practice. Mr. Ritter was responsible for all international sales activities as the Vice President of Business Development and GM for the Middle East at HALO Maritime Defense.

In addition to these roles, Mr. Ritter is an accomplished author. He co-authored Securing Global Transportation Networks (McGraw-Hill), which was selected by the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) as its 'Book of the Month.' He has been published and quoted in Security Management, Maritime Executive, Directors Monthly, Journal of Commerce, Oil & Gas News, Cargo Security International, and USCG Proceedings. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and holds an MBA from Old Dominion University. As a former Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy, he is a veteran of the First Gulf War and Operation Gothic Serpent in Somalia.