Congratulations go to Matt Desch (B.S. '80) for his 2012 Alumni Association Award for Professional Achievement. The Professional Achievement Award is presented to alumni who have superb records of distinguished career accomplishments and who have made outstanding contributions to their professions. No more than three individuals will be selected in any one year for this award.
Matt is Chairman and CEO of Iridium Communications, Inc. in Washington, D.C. The company provides voice and data services to ships, corporate aircraft, the U.S. military and for machine-to-machine applications like asset tracking. Matt serves as a member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee and on a number of boards in the high tech and telecom industry including as the Chairman of the Board of Airspan Networks (a public supplier of WiMAX infrastructure).
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