Iridium Communications Inc. (0JDO.L)

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Iridium Communications Inc.

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

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Full-time employees: 760

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Matthew J. Desch	CEO & Director	1.45M	10.91M	1958
Mr. Thomas J. Fitzpatrick	CFO, Chief Administrative Officer & Director	818.92k	9.67k	1958
Ms. Suzanne E. McBride	COO & Director	658.89k	N/A	1969
Mr. Bryan J. Hartin	Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing	534.51k	829.22k	1964
Mr. Scott T. Scheimreif	Executive Vice President of Government Programs	504.14k	4.97M	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	Vice President of Investor Relations	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Kathleen A. Morgan	Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary	N/A	N/A	1968
Mr. Donald L. Thoma	President & CEO of Aireon LLC	514.82k	N/A	1962

Amounts are as of 31 December 2023, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes 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 other government 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 1 April 2024 is 3. The pillar scores are Audit: 5; Board: 4; Shareholder rights: 4; 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 10 indicates higher governance risk.