Person profile

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Matthew J. Desch

Role

Chief Executive Officer at Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM)

Board role

Independent Director · Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN)

Board role

Director, Chief Executive Officer · Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM)

Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN)

Independent Director · Current mandate

Executive · Ceo · Enterprise Leadership · Director · Board
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5 reviewed
Profile ownership
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Last reviewed
Sep 6, 2026
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Canonical entity
alpha:person:matthew-j-desch
Schema
alpha.governance.entity.public.v1
Last reviewed
2026-09-06T08:40:27.373606+00:00
Verification
corroborated
Ownership
unclaimed

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https://registry.alpha.ac/people/matthew-j-desch.md
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Matthew J. Desch

Alpha governed public record. Unknown, unavailable, and unpublished values are never inferred as zero.

Record

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Record versionpublic-0
Canonical entityalpha:person:matthew-j-desch
Entity typePerson
Canonical URLhttps://registry.alpha.ac/people/matthew-j-desch
PublicationPUBLISHED
Verificationcorroborated
Verification schemaalpha-verification-states-v1
Ownershipunclaimed
Published claims16
Claims under review0
Evidence records5
Conflicts0
Conflicts in internal review1
Observed2026-09-13T05:11:57.161954+00:00
Last reviewed2026-09-06T08:40:27.373606+00:00

Identity

  • Legal name: Matthew J. Desch
  • Display name: Matthew J. Desch

Leadership

  • PUBLISHED

Roles

  • Independent Director at Verisign. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:2.
  • Director, Chief Executive Officer at Iridium Communications Inc.. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:4.
  • Chief Executive Officer at Iridium Communications Inc.. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:4.

Governance

  • PUBLISHED

Board committees

  • PUBLISHED

AI and ML experience

  • AI and ML experience: not identified in the cited filing. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:3, alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:1.

AI expertise

  • AI expertise reported in filings. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:5.

AI governance relevance

  • AI governance relevance reported from role and filings. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:5.

Board membership

  • Serves on the board of Iridium Communications Inc.. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:4.
  • Serves on the board of Verisign. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:2.

Board role

  • Board role: Director. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:1.

Committee assignments

  • Committee assignments: Nominating/Governance, Cybersecurity. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:1.

Cybersecurity experience

  • Cybersecurity experience: not identified in the cited filing. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Review: internal_review. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:3.
  • Cybersecurity experience reported in filings. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Review: internal_review. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:1.

Executive company

  • Executive at Iridium Communications Inc.. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:1, alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:3, alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:5.

Executive function

  • Enterprise Leadership (CEO). Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:5.

Executive title

  • Executive title: Chief Executive Officer. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:1, alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:3, alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:5.

Technology background

  • Technology background reported in filings. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:3, alpha:evidence:person:matthew-j-desch:1.

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BusinessNOT_APPLICABLE
LeadershipPUBLISHED
Board and committeesPUBLISHED
GovernancePUBLISHED
FinancialsNOT_APPLICABLE
WorkforceNOT_APPLICABLE
OwnershipNOT_APPLICABLE
RatingsNOT_PUBLISHED
Market and index contextNOT_APPLICABLE

Public sources

Rights

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agent_retrievalallowed
redistributionnot_granted
model_trainingnot_granted
commercial_usenot_specified
relationship_pathfindingnot_granted
direct_contactnot_granted

Limitations

  • Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.
  • Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.
  • Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.
  • Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.

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