Matthew Desch
Description Matthew J. Desch, age 52. Mr. Desch has been our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors since the Acquisition in September 2009. Mr. Desch previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Iridium Holdings from August 2006 to September 2009. Before that, he was Chief Executive Officer of Telcordia Technologies, Inc., or Telcordia, a telecom software services provider, from 2002 to November 2005. Prior to Telcordia, he spent 13 years at Nortel Networks Corporation, or Nortel, as president for its wireless networks business where he was responsible for its global carrier customers in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. He left Nortel in March 2000. Mr. Desch served on the board of directors of Starent Networks, Corp. from 2005 until late 2009, served on the board of directors of Airspan Networks, Inc. from 2000 to 2009 and served on the board of directors of SAIC, Inc. from 2002 to 2005. He has a Bachelor of Science in computer science from The Ohio State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago. Our Board of Directors has concluded that Mr. Desch should serve on the Board based on his deep knowledge of our company gained from his position as our Chief Executive Officer and previously as the Chief Executive Officer of Iridium Holdings, as well as his extensive experience in the telecommunications industry. To view the detailed information, you need to SUBSCRIBE with us. |
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