Iridium Communications CEO and leadership

Matthew 'Matt' Desch is a Member at The National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), Board Member at Iridium World Communications Ltd, and Chief Executive Officer at Iridium World Communications Ltd and is based in McLean, Virginia. He has worked as Chief Executive Officer at Telcordia Technologies, Supervisor at Bell Labs, and Board Member at Starent Networks. Matthew works or has worked as MEMBER at AOPA Foundation Board of Visitors. He attended University of Chicago between 1983 and 1986 and The Ohio State University between 1976 and 1980.

Suzanne E. McBride has served as Chief Operations Officer of Iridium since February 2019. She served as Chief Operating Officer of OneWeb, Ltd., a company that is building a new satellite constellation, from October 2018 to January 2019 and as its Senior Vice President from June 2016 to October 2018. Previously, she was employed by Iridium Satellite LLC, Iridium's primary operating subsidiary, in a series of positions with increasing responsibility from 2007 until June 2016, most recently serving as its Vice President, Program Management Office and Launch Services, a role in which she oversaw the launch program for the Iridium NEXT constellation. Ms. McBride has more than 25 years of experience in the satellite industry, including building and launching the original Iridium satellite constellation while at Motorola’s Satellite Communications Group as a senior engineer in the 1990’s. Ms. McBride received her Masters of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee in the Executive Aerospace and Defense program, and her dual undergraduate degrees are from Columbia University in Industrial Engineering and Claremont McKenna College in Management Engineering. Ms. McBride also holds a master’s degree in Program Management from George Washington University and is a Project Management Institute certified.

Matthew 'Matt' Desch is a Member at The National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), Board Member at Iridium World Communications Ltd, and Chief Executive Officer at Iridium World Communications Ltd and is based in McLean, Virginia. He has worked as Chief Executive Officer at Telcordia Technologies, Supervisor at Bell Labs, and Board Member at Starent Networks. Matthew works or has worked as MEMBER at AOPA Foundation Board of Visitors. He attended University of Chicago between 1983 and 1986 and The Ohio State University between 1976 and 1980.

Suzanne E. McBride has served as Chief Operations Officer of Iridium since February 2019. She served as Chief Operating Officer of OneWeb, Ltd., a company that is building a new satellite constellation, from October 2018 to January 2019 and as its Senior Vice President from June 2016 to October 2018. Previously, she was employed by Iridium Satellite LLC, Iridium's primary operating subsidiary, in a series of positions with increasing responsibility from 2007 until June 2016, most recently serving as its Vice President, Program Management Office and Launch Services, a role in which she oversaw the launch program for the Iridium NEXT constellation. Ms. McBride has more than 25 years of experience in the satellite industry, including building and launching the original Iridium satellite constellation while at Motorola’s Satellite Communications Group as a senior engineer in the 1990’s. Ms. McBride received her Masters of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee in the Executive Aerospace and Defense program, and her dual undergraduate degrees are from Columbia University in Industrial Engineering and Claremont McKenna College in Management Engineering. Ms. McBride also holds a master’s degree in Program Management from George Washington University and is a Project Management Institute certified.