IRDM - Iridium Communications Inc.

Iridium Communications Inc.

1750 Tysons Boulevard
Suite 1400
McLean, VA 22102
United States
703 287 7400
https://www.iridium.com

Sector(s): Communication Services
Industry: Telecom Services
Full Time Employees: 658

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year Born
Mr. Matthew J. Desch	CEO & Director	1.47M	7.04M	1958
Mr. Thomas J. Fitzpatrick	CFO, Chief Admin. Officer & Director	861.02k	2.76M	1958
Ms. Suzanne E. McBride	COO & Director	676.02k	176.4k	1969
Mr. Bryan J. Hartin	Exec. VP of Sales & Marketing	540.03k	N/A	1964
Mr. Scott T. Scheimreif	Exec. VP of Gov. Programs	505.53k	N/A	1969
Mr. Gregory Pelton	Chief Technical Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Manjula Sriram	VP & Chief Information Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Kenneth B. Levy	VP of Investor Relations	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Kathleen A. Morgan	Chief Legal Officer & Company Sec.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Donald L. Thoma	Pres & CEO of Aireon LLC	N/A	N/A	1962

Amounts are as of December 31, 2022 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay is salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Iridium Communications Inc. provides mobile voice and data communications services and products to businesses, the United States and international governments, non-governmental organizations, and consumers worldwide. The company offers postpaid mobile voice and data satellite communications; prepaid mobile voice satellite communications; push-to-talk; broadband data; and Internet of Things (IoT) services. It also provides hosted payload and other data services, such as satellite time and location services; and inbound connections from the public switched telephone network, short message, subscriber identity module, activation, customer reactivation, and other peripheral services. In addition, the company offers voice and data solutions comprising personnel tracking devices; asset tracking devices for equipment, vehicles, and aircrafts; beyond-line-of-sight aircraft communications applications; maritime communications applications; specialized communications solutions for high-value individuals; mobile communications and data devices for the military and intelligence agencies, such as secure satellite handsets, as well as netted voice, messaging, and paging services; and maintenance services for the United States government's dedicated gateway. Further, it provides satellite handsets, voice and data modems, broadband data devices, and IoT data devices; various accessories for its devices that include batteries, holsters, earbud headphones, portable auxiliary antennas, antenna adaptors, USB data cables, charging units, and others; and engineering and support services. Iridium Communications Inc. sells its products and services to commercial end users through a wholesale distribution network that include service providers, and value-added resellers and manufacturers. The company was formerly known as Iridium Holdings LLC and changed its name to Iridium Communications Inc. in September 2009. Iridium Communications Inc. is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Corporate Governance

Iridium Communications Inc.’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of June 1, 2023 is 3. The pillar scores are Audit: 5; Board: 2; Shareholder Rights: 5; Compensation: 1.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while a 10 indicates higher governance risk.