Thomas Van Hoestenberghe is a physical engineer with 20 years expertise in environmental and industrial monitoring. Before starting his own company, he applied and optimized monitoring systems for the dredging and offshore industry.  In 2014 he founded Fluves, an engineering company specialized in fiber optic sensing systems for water and energy management. Fluves holds multiple patents on fiber optic sensing sytems. Fluves is active in Europe, US and Asia.