Suzanne McBride, formerly chief operations officer and senior vice president at OneWeb, has been named COO of Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) effective Feb. 11.
She will succeed the retiring Scott Smith, who will continue to work at Iridium in a consulting capacity through March 15 to facilitate the transition, the company said Friday.
Smith joined Iridium in April 2010 and helped lead the replacement of the company™s satellite constellation with the Iridium NEXT network and development of satellite-based products and services.
œWe’re very fortunate to be able to wish Scott a happy retirement with a monumental achievement like Iridium NEXT under his belt, while welcoming someone with Suzi’s experience, expertise and leadership abilities, said Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium and a 2019 Wash100 recipient.
McBride will oversee the Iridium network™s operations, related ground gateways and terminals as well as the development and production of subscriber equipment, new applications and services.
McBride is a more than 25-year industry veteran who rejoined Iridium, where she spent nine years during her first tenure and served as VP of program management and launch services.
She is a Project Management Institute certified professional and is a former senior engineer at Motorola™s (NYSE: MSI) satellite communications group.
