Matthew J. Desch

Chief Executive Officer

Matthew J. Desch, has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a director of our company since 2009 and previously served as Chief Executive Officer of our predecessor, Iridium Holdings LLC, from 2006 to 2009. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Desch served as Chief Executive Officer of Telcordia Technologies, Inc., a telecommunications software services provider that is now part of Ericsson. Previously, he spent 13 years at Nortel Networks Corporation, including as President of its global wireless networks business. Mr. Desch serves on the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. He currently serves as a director and chair of the compensation and human resources committee of Unisys Corporation, and a director of VeriSign, Inc. Mr. Desch received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from The Ohio State University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago.