Greg Pelton, most recently the chief product officer of artificial intelligence company Pryon, will join Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) to succeed the retiring Hermon Pon as chief technical officer. Pelton will oversee Iridium’s technology development and engineering functions and technical aspects of its product and service offerings, ...
Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, was presented his seventh consecutive Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), on March 19th during a visit from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Visit Wash100.com to cast a vote for Matt Desch as the most significant executive of consequence to the GovCon sec...
Tony Frazier, executive vice president for global field operations at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, has joined the board of directors of Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM). He will provide strategic oversight support for the Iridium enterprise as a board member, the communications satellite operator said Tues...
Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, has earned his seventh consecutive Wash100 Award for his leadership and commitment to the government contracting (GovCon) community through 2020 and the future of the federal sector heading into 2021. Visit ExecutiveBiz to read Desch’s full 2021 Wash100 profile. You can cast your TEN votes for your favo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 6, 2020 — Relativity Space was selected to deploy as many as ground spare satellites for Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) on an on-demand basis under a launch contract signed between the two companies, ExecutiveBiz reported June 25....
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, his sixth consecutive Wash100 Award as a part of the 2020 selection on Wednesday. ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 23, 2020 — Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) received approval from the International Mobile Satellite Organization to be a satellite service provider for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System, ExecutiveBiz reported Jan. 14....
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) a potential five-year, $76M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to deliver critical improvements to the Pentagon’s satellite communications gateway....
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) will provide the Defense Information Systems Agency with unlimited access to a company-built global commercial satellite network under a potential seven-year, $738.5M contract....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 5, 2019 — Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has named 10 companies that will be the first to create products to test the application of Iridium’s Certus 9770 voice and data transceiver, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 22....
